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Moment 61-year-old man's car is crushed by train in Brazil after getting stuck on tracks - yet miraculously walks away with just a hand injury

A surveillance camera recorded the moment a car was smashed by a train in southeastern Brazil. The video showed the 60-year-old man approaching an intersection when it got stuck on the railroad track at an intersection in São Paulo city of Sumaré on Sunday. A 61-year-old man in São Paulo, Brazil, walked away with hand injury Sunday after he attempted to drive over a railroad track as a train approached him before it hit his Fiat and dragged it down the track Brazilian online portal G1 said the train's motorman activated the emergency break system as soon as the car got stuck on the railroad track The driver attempted accelerate his Fiat one more time over the track before the car suddenly stopped and failed to advance any further.   Within a matter of seconds, the locomotive barreled into the vehicle and dragged it at least 164 feet down the track before it came to a full stop.  According to Brazilian online portal G1, the motorman said he had activated the train's emergency

Missing 17-year-old is found dead by workers demolishing a building in Georgia five days after he disappeared as cops launch murder probe

A missing 17-year-old teenage boy was found dead by demolition workers in Georgia on Wednesday, as his death is now being investigated as a murder.  Teenager Zyuan Ceasar, 17, from Vidalia, Toombs County, was reported missing to police on December 17. His body was discovered five days later, on December 23, as workers were demolishing a home on the 300 block of Everett Street, Vidalia.  The body of missing teenager Zyuan Ceasar, 17, from Vidalia, Georgia, was found on December 23, five days after he went missing Vidalia Police Department were called to reports of a dead body found at the building around 2pm. The body was positively identified as missing teen, Zyuan Ceasar, by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Crime Lab. A joint investigation has now been launched involving the GBI and Vidalia Police Department as Ceasar's death is being treated as a murder.  Workers who were demolishing a home on the 300 block of Everett Street, Vidalia found his body and  reported it to

Husband and wife married for 59 years die from COVID just 10 days apart after the whole family caught the virus following a haircut before Christmas

A Chicago couple married for 59 years passed away just 10 days apart this month after their whole family contracted the virus following a haircut.  Mike Bruno died on Wednesday and his wife Carol, 79, died 10 days prior on December 14. The whole family contracted the virus after their son Joe received a haircut by his sister Michelle, who brought their mother Carol along with, at his apartment on November 20. Now they're now speaking out to warn others of the dangers of the contagious virus. 'We never thought this would happen to our family and it did, and this virus is really unforgiving and just attacks in really vicious ways,' the couple's son Joe Bruno said to ABC7.   Chicago couple Mike and Carol Bruno, who were married for 59 years, passed away just 10 days apart this month after their family contracted the virus from a haircut Mike Bruno died on Wednesday and his wife Carol, 79, died 10 days prior on December 14 Before the haircut Michelle, who works at a salon,

Grandfather’s five pet pugs who nipped at postman as he delivered a parcel to his £800,000 home are spared being put down after court hears he had Beware of the Dog sign up

Allen Parkinson, 75, was hauled into court after the dogs escaped through his open French doors and set about Steve Humphreys A grandfather who faced having to destroy his five pet pugs after they surrounded a postman and nipped at his legs has been spared the ordeal of putting them to sleep - after a court heard he had a warning sign up. Allen Parkinson, 75, was ordered to attend Manchester Magistrates' Court after the dogs ran out through the open French doors of his Cheshire home and set about Steve Humphreys. The postman was attempting to leave a package near the rear of Parkinson's home at the time. Mr Humphreys ran back to his Royal Mail van in a bid to escape the dogs, but the pack caught up with him as he was about to get into the vehicle. He was bitten on the arm and face by another larger dog, also belonging to Parkinson. Two passers-by intervened to prevent him being bitten further. The postman went to A&E and was treated in hospital for four days, during which h

'Copycat' driver of box truck 'playing ANOTHER spooky message urging people to evacuate' is arrested 30 miles from where RV blew up in Nashville but no explosives are found in the vehicle

State and federal law enforcement agencies detained the driver of a suspicious box truck just outside of Nashville on Sunday night after fears of a possible copycat attack two days after a similar vehicle was used in a bombing in the city.  The driver of the box truck was detained on Sunday as he was driving from Rutherford County into Wilson County some 30 miles outside of Nashville, according to The Tennessean.  The driver was detained by deputies from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from their counterparts in neighboring Wilson County. A search of the box truck found no explosive devices.  The arrest was made just hours after a Tennessee highway was closed amid reports of a truck with PA system telling people to evacuate the area. The Wilson County Sheriff's Office tweeted: 'Highway 231 South from the Cedars of Lebanon State Park to Richmond Shop road is currently shut down due to a suspicious vehicle.'  It comes just two days after the Nashville b

Pictured: Boy, 16, who died after he was stabbed in the chest and legs inside a house as three teenagers appear in court charged with his murder

A 16-year-old boy has died in hospital following a brutal stabbing last week as three teenagers have been charged with his murder.   Sarmad Al-Saidi was found with stab injuries to his chest and legs when police were called to a house in Chatham Place, Preston, Lancashire, at about 5.45pm on Wednesday, December 23. The teenager was treated at the scene and was later transferred to hospital but police confirmed he died on Sunday.  Three teenagers appeared in court today, charged with his murder.  16-year-old Sarmad Al-Saidi died in hospital on Sunday after being stabbed to his chest and legs last week  A Lancashire Police spokesman said Jamie Dixon, 18, of Clayton Avenue, Leyland, and two boys aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Preston Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with his murder. The three were remanded in custody to appear at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday. A 20-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, both from Preston, and a 36-year-old wom

The homes that just WON'T sell: From a £1.3million London flat to a £120,000 semi in Shipley, a look inside Britain's properties on the market for the longest time - with one first listed in February 2012

If you've ever struggled to sell your home after putting it on the market, spare a thought for the owners of these homes which have been listed for up to nearly nine years without a buyer. A £325,000 three-bedroom detached bungalow in Leicester has been on sale since February 22, 2012 - the longest time of any property in Britain, despite having an 'excellent sized loft' and garden with paved area. Other properties on the market for a very long time include a £57,000 studio flat in Leeds since December 2013 and a £100,000 flat in Nottingham and £1.35million deluxe apartment in Central London, both since 2014. Also in the top ten are a £280,000 cottage in South Yorkshire since 2014, a £118,000 semi-detached house in West Yorkshire since 2015 and an £89,000 three-bedroom house in Middlesbrough since July 2015.   The data was compiled by  Online Mortgage Advisor  which found in a study that Oxford is the slowest area of Britain to sell a home, where properties take an average