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Burundi school lorry crash kills more than 20 people | Burundi school lorry crash kills more than 20 people |
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More than 20 people were killed when a packed lorry being used for a school trip in the east African state of Burundi overturned, officials say. | More than 20 people were killed when a packed lorry being used for a school trip in the east African state of Burundi overturned, officials say. |
Some 130 secondary school students were in the lorry when it crashed on Sunday night as it travelled from Gitega city southwards to Rutana province. | Some 130 secondary school students were in the lorry when it crashed on Sunday night as it travelled from Gitega city southwards to Rutana province. |
A local mayor told AFP news agency 13 students had died on the spot, along with adults accompanying them. | A local mayor told AFP news agency 13 students had died on the spot, along with adults accompanying them. |
The final death toll could be as high as 27, she added. | The final death toll could be as high as 27, she added. |
Injured survivors were evacuated to hospitals nearby. | Injured survivors were evacuated to hospitals nearby. |
The mayor of Musongati district told the BBC Great Lakes service that 15 members of a school choir had died on the way back from a visit to another school. | |
She said the students would be buried together because they died while they were on a "gospel mission". | |
The cause of the accident is not yet known. |
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