42 die in Brazil bus crash

Rio de Janeiro - Thirty-nine Argentineans were among 42 people killed and 42 people were injured in a crash early yesterday involving…

Rio de Janeiro - Thirty-nine Argentineans were among 42 people killed and 42 people were injured in a crash early yesterday involving three buses in southern Brazil, highway police said.

The accident involved one Brazilian bus, a truck, several cars and two Argentine buses, one of which - carrying 55 people - tumbled into a ravine, broke in half, and burst into flames.

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