Spain: 14 students killed in a bus accident
(Baonghean.vn) - At least 14 people were killed after a bus carrying 56 passengers, mostly foreign students from European universities, crashed and overturned while traveling from Valencia to Barcelona, Spain.
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| Rescue workers carry a body into a vehicle after a traffic accident in Freginals, Spain on March 20. |
The incident occurred at around 6 a.m. local time on March 20 on a highway along the east coast of Spain.
"There were many students on the bus, most of them foreign students studying in Catalonia and Barcelona who had visited Valencia for the Fallas fireworks festival and were on their way back," Catalonia's regional interior minister, Jordi Jane, said at a televised press conference on March 20 local time.
Mr Jane also said the nationalities of the deceased could not be confirmed. The driver survived the crash and was taken to a local police station for investigation into the cause of the accident.
Currently, most of the remaining passengers have been taken to hospital and received timely treatment, Mr. Jane added.
Thanh Hien
(According to Reuters)
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