22/09/2008

Other News In Brief

Inquiry After Man Stabbed In Brixton

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 23-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Brixton. Officers were called at approximately 9pm on Friday 19 September following reports of a stabbing outside the Domino Club in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton. The London Ambulance Service attended and the man was taken to a south London hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The victim was Lucan Alistair Gordan, aged 23, from the West Norwood area of London. A post mortem revealed the man died from a stab wound to the neck.

Woman Injured After Boat Overturned

A woman has suffered serious head injuries after the boat she was in overturned, at Deganway Narrows, Conwy. Two passing vessels rescued the woman and another man on Sunday afternoon. An air ambulance then took the woman to hospital to Ysbyty Gwynned, Bangor. She was later transferred to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd and her condition has been described as 'stable'. The pair are from the Stoke area.

Man And Woman Killed In Crash

A man and woman have been killed in a road collision in North Lanarkshire, police have revealed. A 25-year-old man and an 18-year-old both died at the scene, following a collision on the A721 Kilncadzow Road in Carluke. The man was driving a Mitsubishi Lancer car, when it crashed into a Peugeot 106 vehicle that was travelling in the opposite direction. The 18-year-old was driving the Peugeot. There were no passengers in the cars.

(JM)

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