DVI News 9 January 2011
11/Jan/2012
In fog, schoolkids race to their death2 January 2012. India.
Eleven schoolchildren were killed and over a dozen seriously injured when the overloaded van, in which they were going to school, collided with a truck amidst dense fog, near Bhita village in Ambala district, on the Saha-Shahbad road on Monday morning. The driver of the school-van was also killed in the accident.
The children, all in the age group of 5-8 years, were students of the Arjun Public School in Saha
http://www.indianexpress.com/
21 Januari 2012 Batas Waktu Identifikasi Jenazah Imigran Gelap
21 January 2012 Deadline to identify immigrants bodies from disaster
2 January 2012
The Disaster Victim Identification team (DVI) of the East Java Police have been given until 21 January, 2012 to complete the identifications. After that, bodies that have not been identified will be buried in the Putat Jaya Surabaya.
The deadline for the identification process, according to Police Commissioner Didi Agus Mintadi is because of the difficulty in obtaining ante mortem data. The bodies of 84 illegal immigrants were taken to hospital in East Java. Since 21 December 2011 only 13 bodies have been identified.
Conditions are difficult to identify the bodies because they were in the sea for a long time and this does not make identification easy. Outward signs such as tattoos have also disappeared.
http://kelanakota.
Interpol offers assistance to identify Tropical Storm ‘Sendong’ victims
3 January 2012. Philippines.
Interpol has offered additional assistance in helping the Philippine National Police (PNP) identify victims of floods caused by Tropical Storm “Sendong” in Mindanao.
“The Interpol General Secretariat offered additional assistance in Disaster Victim Identification (DVI),” Police Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr. said in the statement.
PNP Chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome has granted Inteporl’s request in order to have a “speedy identification process [and enable] the victims to recover and to rebuild their lives again,” he said in the statement.
Tropical storm Sendong has claimed more than a thousand lives
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/
Crash kills 13 – Driver detained
4 January 2011. China.
Traffic on the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway has resumed after a deadly collision between a heavy-duty truck and a coach occurred on Tuesday morning in central China's Hunan province.
The badly damaged vehicles have been pulled away from the scene of the accident and debris has Police said there were a total of 54 passengers on board the coach when the accident happened.
Nine people died at the scene and another four died on the way to hospital.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
Six Die in Fire at Mexican Office Building
4 January 2012.
Six people died and more than 35 were injured on Wednesday in an office building fire in this northern Mexican metropolis.
Six people have been confirmed to have died, four men and two women, although it is feared that the death toll may rise because authorities have yet to search two more floors of the building.
http://laht.com/article.asp?
At least 16 killed after tourist bus falls off highway bridge in SW China
5 January 2012.
At least 16 people were dead after a tourist bus carrying 56 passengers fell off from a highway bridge in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Wednesday.
Forty people have been rescued and sent to hospitals in Guiding county.
The bus fell off the bridge and plunged into a 10-meter-deep valley when it travelled on the icy section of an expressway amid heavy snow.
http://english.peopledaily.
Compostela village searched after deadly landslide
6 January 2012. Philippines.
Authorities resumed searching today for victims of a landslide that killed at least 22 people in a remote Philippine gold-mining village where miners work their small-scale claims with pickaxes.
Officials have no good estimate of how many people are missing but say early reports of up to 100 were overblown. Many could have stayed elsewhere for the Christmas holiday, they said, or may have fled their mountainside shanties earlier in the night when the hill started to crumble.
Initial reports of about 100 missing were based solely on the number of shanties believed lost, but many residents would have been on Christmas holiday or evacuated hours earlier when the ground started moving, Pantukan town spokesman Arnulfo Lantayan told The Associated Press.
"We are very confident that it will not reach that number," he said.
The municipal disaster office lowered its earlier death toll of 25, as reported by residents and village leaders, to 22, based on the number of bodies recovered, Lantayan said.
http://www.philstar.com/
'Over 3,000' killed in South Sudan massacre
6 January 2012.
Over 3,000 people were killed in South Sudan in brutal massacres last week in an explosion of ethnic violence that forced tens of thousands to flee, the top local official said on Friday.
"There have been mass killings, a massacre," said Joshua Konyi, commissioner for Pibor county in Jonglei state.
"We have been out counting the bodies, and we calculate so far that 2,182 women and children were killed and 959 men died."
United Nations and South Sudanese army officials have yet to confirm the death tolls and the claims from the remote region could not be independently verified.
If confirmed, the killings of 3,141 people would be the worst outbreak of ethnic violence ever seen in the fledgling nation, which split from Sudan in July.
http://www.starafrica.com/en/
Six Firefighters confirmed dead battling blaze in south of Chile
6 January 2011.
The National Forestry Corporation of Chile (CONAF) confirmed the deaths of five firefighters battling a wildfire in the Carahue community of the Araucanía Region about 500 miles south of Santiago Thursday afternoon. President Sebastián Piñera confirmed the death of a sixth firefighter not long after, while offering his “deepest condolences” to the families of the deceased.
Two additional firefighters were reported missing, and two more were reported to be in critical condition at a nearby hospital in Temuco. Local reports suggest that the number of fatalities could rise amid the wild grassland fire that has already claimed large areas of forest.
A representative of the Carahue firefighting brigade confirmed that the bodies had already been recovered. Their identities have yet to be confirmed to the press.
http://www.santiagotimes.cl/
11 dead in hot air balloon tragedy
7 January 2012. New Zealand
Eleven people have been killed after a hot air balloon crashed near Carterton this morning.
All 11 people on board the scenic flight and were no survivors.
Police received the first report of the tragic accident slightly before 7:30am this morning. All emergency services are in attendance
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/
Police remain at scene of hot air balloon crash
7 January 2012. New Zealand.
Police and emergency services remain at the scene of a hot air balloon crash in Somerset Road, Carterton which occurred around 0730 hours this morning.
Police received around half a dozen calls from residents in the Somerset Road area reporting a hot air balloon in difficulty.
Wellington District Commander Superintendent Mike Rusbatch says at this stage, it appears a fire has ignited on board, causing the hot air balloon to crash in farmland. Sadly, the pilot and ten passengers onboard have not survived.
"This is an absolutely tragic incident and our thoughts are with the families of the deceased. We are in the process of notifying next of kin however we will not be releasing any names until all next of kin have been advised."
Superintendent Rusbatch says a disaster victim identification team is en route to the scene to begin the process of identifying the bodies.
"We also have a number of Police staff who are working with the families of the deceased to provide them with the support they need at this very difficult time."
Police are working with a number of agencies including the Fire Service, the Coroner's office, the Transport Accident and Investigation Commission, Civil Aviation Authority and the Department of Labour, to investigate what has led to this incident this morning.
http://www.police.govt.nz/
Two of the eleven bodies being removed from the scene of fatal Carterton hot air balloon crash
7 January 2011. New Zealand.
Two of the eleven bodies are currently being removed from the scene of the fatal hot air balloon crash in Somerset Road, Carterton which occurred shortly before 7:30am this morning.
Wairarapa Area Commander Inspector Brent Register says the two bodies are being taken to Wellington Hospital's mortuary. The other nine bodies will remain at the scene overnight.
http://www.police.govt.nz/
10 killed in head-on crash
7 January 2011. Nepal.
A head-on collision between a jeep and a truck at Bhaluwang-Kalakate road section along the East-West Highway today left 10 persons dead and five others injured.
The incident took place at around 9:00 am at Gobardiha VDC-1.
Police have identified the dead.
http://www.thehimalayantimes.
Investigations continue in balloon crash
8 January 2011. New Zealand.
Police and partner agencies are continuing their investigations into the fatal hot air balloon crash in Somerset Road, Carterton yesterday morning.
Wairarapa Area Commander Inspector Brent Register says Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) and Specialist Search Group (SSG) members remain at the scene of the crash today, alongside New Zealand Fire Service personnel.
"Last night, two of the eleven bodies were removed from the scene. We are working towards removing the bodies of the other nine victims over the course of the afternoon."
Inspector Register says support is continuing to be provided to the families of the victims, as they come to terms with the loss of their loved ones as a result of this tragedy. Some families have also visited the scene of the crash with Police staff.
"We are still working with Next of Kin this morning and hope to be able to release a complete list of those believed to be deceased later this afternoon."
Inspector Register says the DVI process to formally identify all of the eleven victims will take several days to complete.
http://www.police.govt.nz/
Next of kin top priority for police
8 January 2011. New Zealand.
Police hope to officially name the victims of yesterday's horrific hot air balloon crash later today.
Wairarapa Area Commander Brent Register says agencies are continuing their investigations into the deadly accident which claimed 11 lives in Somerset Road, Carterton.
Inspector Brent Register says Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) and Specialist Search Group (SSG) members remain at the scene of the crash, alongside Fire Service personnel.
Inspector Register said support is continuing to be provided to the families of the victims and some families have also visited the scene of the crash with police staff.
Police are still working with next of kin to ensure family members have been told of the tragedy before they officially release the names of the victims.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-
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