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The wreckage of a bus is seen after it crashed on the main Croatian highway connecting the capital Zagreb and the Adriatic city of Split
07 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
The wreckage of a bus is seen after it crashed on the main Croatian highway connecting the capital Zagreb and the Adriatic city of Split September 7, 2008. As many as 13 people died when the bus from Slovakia carrying 49 people, hit a highway flyover pillar about 190 km (120 miles) south of Zagreb on Sunday, on the main Croatian highway connecting the capital Zagreb and the Adriatic city of Split, the state news agency Hina reported. The cause of the accident is under investigation, Hina said. Some 20 passengers were severely injured in the accident. REUTERS/Stringer (CROATIA)
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Slovak firefighters retrieve passengers' luggage from the wreckage of a bus that crashed near the Slovak village of Kostolna-Zariecie, 130 km (81 miles) from Bratislava, October 3, 2008. The bus from ...




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