Seven miners killed in bus accident

By DPA, IANS
Friday, January 7, 2011

BOGOTA - At least seven miners died Friday when the bus they were travelling in fell into a 400-metre ravine in the northeastern Colombian province of Santander, authorities said.

The bus was taking the miners home from work, police said. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

Seven people were injured in the accident and hospitalized in the provincial capital of Bucaramanga.

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