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Mexico: Bus-Truck collision kills 29 in Guerrero

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ANI Guerrero [Mexico]

At least 29 people were killed and eight others injured in deadly head-on collision between a bus and a fuel tanker truck in Mexico's Guerrero.

Members of a family traveling to the beach for the Easter vacation were among those killed in the accident that took place on Thursday.

The Michoacan firefighters association has confirmed that 29 people were killed in the accident, local media reports said.

Thirty-eight people were in the bus when it collided with a fuel tanker truck carrying 40,000 liters of gasoline on the Siglo 21 freeway in Petacalco, Guerrero, near the Michoacan border.

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First Published: Apr 14 2017 | 7:28 AM IST

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