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11 killed in Mexico road accident while on school field trip

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AFP Mexico City
Nine honors high school students and their teacher and driver have been killed in a road accident in Mexico while on a university field trip, the state government reported.

The students had gone with a teacher and bus driver to visit a university yesterday, according to a news release.

Prosecutors identified the eleven bodies in the central state of San Luis Potosi.

The accident occurred after a container fell off a truck and crashed into the student's vehicle, pressing it against the rocky edge of the road, authorities said.

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First Published: May 21 2015 | 8:42 PM IST

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