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14 Killed in Fiery Minibus Crash in Mexico

Agence France-Presse

   GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - A minibus carrying a family to a holiday beach
   getaway in Mexico crashed into a lumber truck on Wednesday and caught
   fire, killing 14 people,including five children, authorities said.
   Many of the victims were trapped inside the burning minibus, whose
   charred chassis could be seen impaled on the back of the truck. The
   accident occurred in Jalisco state, on the highwaythat runsfrom the
   family's native Guanajuato state to the Pacific beach resort of Puerto
   Vallarta.
   Twelve more people were injured in the pre-dawn crash. Two were in
   serious condition and were airlifted to a hospital in the state
   capital, Guadalajara, said state emergency authorities.
   Officials said the truck had stopped on the side of the road when the
   minibus crashed into it.
   "It was a tourism service hired by a family" traveling to Puerto
   Vallarta for the holidays, said Samuel Flores of the Jalisco state
   civil protection service.
   Deadly accidentsoccur frequentlyduring the Christmas seasonin Mexicoas
   roads fill with vacationers and revelers.

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