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29 dead in Bolivia bus crash
22/10/2006 19:53 - (SA)
La Paz - Officials on Sunday said a total of 29 people died after a bus plunged into a ravine in central Bolivia.
Fifteen people were injured in the accident, authorities said, after rescue and recovery worker ended their operations on Sunday.
The bus plunged more than 250m from the road late on Friday in the remote village of Cachilaguna, near the town of Aiquile about 500km from La Paz, they said.
Rescue workers were at the scene and authorities were working to determine the cause of the crash, the officials said. Injured passengers were taken to hospital in the city of Cochabamba.
- AFP
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