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31 claimed in bus collision
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AT least 31 people were burned to death when their bus was engulfed in flames after it collided with a truck in southern India, police said yesterday.
"The death toll now is 31, including four women and one child, all of whom were burned to death," a senior police official said of the late Wednesday accident in Tamil Nadu state.
"The diesel tank of the bus was hit and both vehicles caught fire," the official said.
He said 27 people were injured and in hospital and the death toll was likely to rise.
The bus was travelling to Salem town, some 350 km southwest of the state capital Madras, when it collided with the truck which was carrying construction material.
(SD-Agencies)
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