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More than 20 dead in Cuba train-bus crash - TV

Sat Oct 6, 2007 10:57pm EDT
HAVANA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A train slammed into a bus in southeastern Cuba on Saturday, killing at least 28 people and injuring more than 70 others in one of the deadliest such crashes in years, Cuban state television reported.

At least 15 people were in critical condition, according to the report. The injured were taken to hospitals.

State television reported that the train traveling from Santiago to Manzanillo in Granma province collided with the bus about 500 miles (800 km) southeast of Havana.

Authorities were investigating what might have caused the accident, state television said.



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