Accidents and Emergency Incidents

A 68-year-old man has died after being struck by a bike with an electric motor taped to it that was believed to be travelling at high speeds on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

Police say the Dutch national diver was underwater in Porticello when the accident happened, and the cause of death remains unknown.

The 57-year-old man died at the scene near Cairns after sustaining head injuries.

More than 80 people have plunged into a river following strong winds that capsized four tourist boats in China. 

Glenn Collins was performing a stunt when the plane he was flying crashed in front of crowds at the Avalon International Airshow in March. 

Charges have been laid after staff at two Perth fast-food venues were allegedly sprayed with an unknown noxious substance in filmed attacks.

A Qantas customer service employee has sustained head injuries after falling off an aerobridge in Sydney Airport, around 5 metres above the ground, earlier this afternoon.

Three people suffered serious injuries when their helicopter crashed in water between Point Lonsdale and Ocean Grove on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula.

The Spanish government has demanded energy companies provide data to explain "every millisecond" of a massive loss of power generation that disconnected the country's electricity. 

Nick Critch has been visiting Spain and says the near-total blackout was like something from a disaster movie.

Kate Cooper died at Mapleton Falls in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland last Friday. Her devastated partner says she was a brave and beautiful person who loved nature and was "everyone's best friend".

Traffic was gridlocked, trains stopped working, people were stuck in lifts and nuclear power stations were automatically shut down as a blackout hit tens of millions of people across Spain and Portugal.

Authorities say it could take hours or even days to fully restore power to more than 50 million people.

Vancouver Police say they are "confident" the incident was not an act of terrorism.

The blast happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just outside a major facility for container shipments for the Islamic Republic that handles some 80 million tons of goods annually.

A local resident says people should not be allowed to fish from the rocks at Salmon Holes on WA's southern coast over the busy Easter period, as authorities continue their search for a man who went missing near the popular tourist attraction.

A man who set fire to a home when children were inside while experiencing a meth-induced psychosis is sentenced to eight years in prison.

The family of a nine-year-old boy who died after becoming trapped between beach rocks on Easter Sunday say they are overwhelmed by the community's show of support.

The woman was with her children and heading to a popular fishing spot when she fell down a gully in Torndirrup National Park.

The number of coastal deaths over the Easter long weekend has risen after a nine-year-old boy died at South West Rocks on Sunday.