Matthew P. Omans ’10 died on March 9 at the age of 24 after he was struck by a Long Island Rail Road train in Bayport, New York.

A woman suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to the Robert Packer Trauma Center in Sayre, Pa., after being struck by a black Lincoln pickup truck in downtown Ithaca around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. 

A dump truck crashed into the Community School of Music building near Seneca Way and Seneca Street — about a block from the Commons — Thursday afternoon. The truck heavily damaged the building and three unoccupied vehicles in the parking lot. The truck’s driver, Riney Whyte, was airlifted to Packer Hospital in Pennsylvania following the roll-over.

NEW YORK (AP) — A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York's Upper East Side, smashing into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground, killing two construction workers and seriously injuring another.

It was the second deadly crane accident in 2½ months and the latest of several construction mishaps in the city, which recently shook up its Building Department and beefed up inspections.

"What has happened is unacceptable and intolerable. Having said that, we do not know at the moment what happened or why," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference, adding that it appears the builders followed regulations.

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — The last of 3,200 gold miners trapped for more than 24 hours in a deep shaft were brought safely to the surface Thursday night, ending one of South Africa's biggest rescue operations, mining officials said.

The final workers emerged just after 9 p.m., singing and dancing, according to the Harmony Gold Mining Co. No casualties were reported.

A pressurized air pipe snapped at the mine near Johannesburg and tumbled down a shaft Wednesday, causing extensive damage to an elevator and stranding the miners.

The rescue operation had dragged on longer than expected. Some of those stranded more than a mile underground had gone down Tuesday for the night shift.