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July 22, 2007

French Bus Crash Kills 20 Polish Pilgrims
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1839A96:A6F02AD83191E16086C878F60294832E9574F7DCC14957C0 Bus carrying about
50 pilgrims was descending a steep mountain road in the French Alps,
south of the city Grenoble, Sunday when it developed a brake problem





French firemen work in the wreck of the coach carrying Polish pilgrims
that overturned and fell on the bank of a mountain stream,  near
Grenoble, eastern France, 22 July 2007French emergency personnel say a
bus crash in southeastern France has killed 20 Polish pilgrims.

The bus carrying about 50 pilgrims was descending a steep mountain
road in the French Alps, south of the city Grenoble, Sunday when it
developed a brake problem.  It crashed through a protective barrier
and into a river ravine below.

At the time of the accident, the coach was returning from the Catholic
shrine of Notre-dame-de-la-Salette, about 40 kilometers south of
Grenoble.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.




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