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10 dead in Venezuela bus crash


At least 10 bus passengers were killed and another 12 injured in·jure  
tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures
1. To cause physical harm to; hurt.

2. To cause damage to; impair.

3.
 when their vehicle collided with a truck on a main freeway in the Venezuelan capital, rescue officials said.

"Eight people died at the scene and another two" died at local hospitals on Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week.

Friday

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, said Victor Lira, director of the area's Civil Protection agency, adding that some of the wounded were in a critical condition.

The head of the city's firefighters, William Martinez, said the truck appeared to have lost control and struck the back of the bus, pushing it onto the median where it flipped Flipped (2002) is a young adult novel by Wendelin Van Draanen. It is a stand-alone teen romance in a he-said she-said style with the two protagonists alternately presenting their perspective on a shared set of events.  over.

Authorities have launched an investigation to determine whether excessive speeding or a brake failure Noun 1. brake failure - brakes fail to stop a vehicle
equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"
 may have caused the crash.

Last weekend, at least 24 people died in two traffic accidents on Venezuela's chaotic freeways.
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Date:Oct 24, 2009
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