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9 Dead, 40 Injured In Mexico Pilgrimage Bus Crash

A bus carrying over 60 people overturned while returning from a religious outing resulting in 9 casualties. More than 40 people have been injured.

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9 Dead, 40 Injured In Mexico Pilgrimage Bus Crash
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Mexico City, Jun 18 (AP) At least nine people were killed and 40 injured in southern Mexico when a bus carrying people on a religious outing overturned. 


The civil defense office in the southern state of Chiapas said the crash occurred before dawn on Friday in the township of Tila. 


The passengers had attended a Feast of Corpus Christi event, and were returning to their homes state of Tabasco when the bus flipped. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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