The commercial diving boat the Conception was ravaged by flames under a dark sky before dawn on Monday near the coast of Santa Barbara, California. At least five crew members escaped, four bodies were later recovered and the other 29 passengers were feared dead. After five crew members managed to escape to a nearby pleasure boat, U.S. Coast Guard service members asked whether they could reboard the burning vessel to see if they could unlock the passenger compartment where 33 passengers had been asleep and appeared to be trapped. CBC
Boy purposely crushed behind Audi driver’s seat
A court in London has heard how a man described as “deeply unpleasant” crushed a boy behind the driver’s seat of his Audi because he was annoyed at the lad’s crying. The boy was fatally wounded by the spiteful act. ITV
