Polish pilgrims killed in French bus crash
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
A bus carrying 50 Polish people (47 pilgrims and a three person crew) crashed today near Grenoble in France. According to police, there are 26 dead and 24 injured.
The Poles, many of them elderly, had been attending a pilgrimage at the nearby Notre-Dame de la Salette sanctuary. Emergency workers say the bus suffered a problem with its brakes while on a steep descent. It left the roadway and fell in a river below, where it burst into flames.
Sources
- Jon Boyle and Sophie Louet "Bus carrying Poles crashes in France killing 26". Reuters, July 22, 2007
- Thierry Boinet, AP "24 Pilgrims Killed in Crash in France". Guardian Unlimited, July 22, 2007
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