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    25 people killed when bus plunges into water
    Mexico Star
    Friday 19th March, 2010  

    At least 25 people have been killed in a bus crash in Nepal.

    The bus plunged into a river in western Nepal, near the village of Kittu on Thursday.

    As the bus was heading towards Surkhet district it fell off the Kalikot-Surkhet highway into the swirling Karnali river below, killing 18 people on the spot.

    Another seven died on the way to hospital.

    Witnesses have said the bus was very overcrowded.


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