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This is an extraordinary story about a two-year-old girl that fell into the blades of an industrial mixing machine in China, and thanks to the quick thinking of her father’s co-workers she miraculously survived.

The Chinese toddler fell into the blades of an industrial mixing machine when she was at work with her father.  The terrified youngster had been starring into the animal feed machines moving parts when she fell in and screamed.

Luckily workers saw her, and managed to turn off the machine after she has disappeared under it. They then found the girl trapped in an awkward position.

Fire fighters were called to the scene and had to cut the toddler free. It took them 40 minutes to cut her from the factory in longyan, Fujian.
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A Father and son were on holiday, staying with friends at a Costa villa in Spain when the incident took place. Jonathan Wells, 45, jumped into the raging sea to help his father, a 75-year-old pensioner as he screamed for help. Fellow tourists and locals watched as both were dragged under water. Two heroic Spaniards tried to reach them, and almost drowned during their efforts.

Exhausted Jesus Balderas, 25, who had taken his girlfriend to the beach in Almunecar, told reporters: “I did my best but had to give up, it was impossible.”

A coastguard launch later recovered both bodies.
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A children running out in front of your car is something all drivers fear. It would be a terrifying experience for anyone, and would certainly make them think twice before getting back into the driving seat.

However a school in Canada seems to think that drivers need a reality check on accidents like this. So they have decided to use a bizarre optical illusion of a school girl running out in front of drivers chasing her ball.

The image of the girl chasing the ball is painted on the road, in a way that when drivers come within 30 metres of it, it appears 3D.  
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A horrific accident at the San Marino ‘Moto2’ Grand Prix on 5 September has lead to the tragic death of a 19-year-old Japanese driver, Shoya Tomizawa. The incident, which has rocked the motor racing world, happened when Tomizawa, who drivers for team Suter, and was only in his second Moto2 season, fell off his bike before a corner whilst travelling at full speed after he had completed 15 laps.

After falling, Tomizawa was then hit at full speed by two other bikes been driven by Italian driver Alex De Angelis and British driver Scott Redding who thankfully avoided being seriously hurt themselves.
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A motorist who ran down and killed a cyclist after she fainted at the wheel, broke down in tears as she told the victims family she was sorry. Tracy Johnson, 36, was driving her £60,000 Range Rover Sport at the time of the accident. Sharon Corless, 43, was hit by Mrs Johnson while she was cycling with her husband, Peter Corless, 47.

The Range Rover struck into the pair of them, when Mrs Johnson became unconscious at the wheel. Mrs Corless, a hospital worker, was dragged under the wheels of the car and suffered horrific injuries. Mr Corless who was also struck down by Mrs Johnson, before smashing into another car and hitting a lamppost. Mrs Johnson then stumbled out of the car, and asked what had happened.

Later she was charged with death by dangerous driving and could have faced a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. However, earlier this year she walked free from court as medical experts ruled that she could have suffered from a reflex syncope.
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A baseball fan was rushed to hospital after a bat was thrown into the crowd hitting them on the head. For one teenage baseball follower a great view proved too close for comfort when a player let go of his bat during a stroke, striking a teenage boy on the head. He was treated for head injuries before been carried off by paramedics in a stretcher.

However he received applause from the crowd after he managed to give thumbs up saying he was ok, as he was stretchered away.

The 13-year-old was a spectator at a national league match between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks when Buster Posey made the error.
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The AA calls for the council to reconsider turning off street lights in an urge to prevent traffic accidents and street crime. This comes after councils have revealed plans to turn off street lights in selected areas to cut bills. MP’s and Road Safety campaigners warned that lives could be put at risk by the council turning off tens of thousands of street lights.

Louise Ellman, chairman of the Commons Transport committee, also questioned the plans, warning it could damage attempts to cut the death toll on Britain’s roads, particularly at night.

She told the Daily Mail: “I am extremely concerned that financial pressures are leading to steps which can jeopardise people’s lives and increase the number of injuries. We’ve made great progress in recent years in reducing the number of deaths and injuries on our roads. It would be tragic if, by switching the lights off, that progress was to be put back many years.”
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Imagine being sat in your living room when a bus comes speeding down your front lawn and stops inches away from your window. That’s exactly what happened to 85-year-old Lily Mulkeen. She was sat in her favourite chair, eating her porridge when the ten ton vehicle careered off the road straight into her front garden.

The number 32 service demolished her hedge, flattened her garden and stopped just two inches from the wall of her two bed semi in Torquay, Devon.

Lily, who is housebound with arthritis, was sat in front of the TV eating her breakfast when the incident happened.
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A British holiday maker has died after a drunken prank at his hotel went horribly wrong. Keven Louis, the 27-year-old Brit, plunged more than 300ft after losing his grip as he hung off his fifth floor balcony. The incident happened at 7.40am after a boozy night out in the Majorcan clubbing resort, Magaluf.  

According to police Mr Louis had asked his friends to count how long he could hold on for. Mr Louis, who was born in Blackburn, Lancashire was on holiday in the resort with four friends when he attempted the stunt.

A witness to Sunday’s 7.40am incident said: “It all happened so quickly. He clambered over his balcony and only held on for a few seconds before he dropped. He fell head-first like a lead weight and smashed on to a concrete ramp leading down to an underground car park next to his hotel garden.”
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A 26-year-old Briton has been paralysed from the neck down, nearly blinded and left stranded in Thailand. Tom Moss, 26, has been left unable to move from the neck down as his moped collided with a lorry and two cars in the resort of Chiang Mai. The family of the 26-year-old have now been told that it will cost them £35,000 to get him back to the UK.

He is currently stuck in a hospital in Bangkok, while his family try to raise the £35,000. Mr Moss, a telesales worker, went out to Thailand and was set to travel for six months.

It is believed that Mr Moss came out here with a valid insurance certificate, however this is believed to have expired after he extended his stay.
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