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| Emergency services personnel stand at the scene of a bus accident crashed on the AP7 highway that links Spain with France along the Mediterranean coast near Freginals halfway between Valencia and Barcelona early Sunday, Spain, March 20, 2016. The bus was reportedly hired out to carry students to and from a fireworks festival in Valencia and was on the return leg of its journey when the accident happened. (AP Photo) |
A Spanish official says a
bus carrying university students back from a fireworks festival has crashed in
northeast Spain, killing 14 passengers and injuring 30 of its more than 50
occupants.
AP
report continues:
Jordi
Jane, spokesman for Spain's northeastern Catalonia province said emergency
rescue workers were still working to clear the wreckage that straddled the AP7
highway's central fence.
A
regional government statement said the bus crashed early Sunday on the highway
that links Spain with France along the Mediterranean coast near Freginals,
halfway between Valencia and Barcelona.
Jane said the students —
part of the Erasmus exchange program — had traveled to Valencia to take part in
the renowned "Fallas" fireworks festival and were returning when the
bus crashed.
Jane said the students —
part of the Erasmus exchange program — had traveled to
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