12 killed in Argentina bus-truck collision

Buenos Aires June 26 (IANS) At least 12 persons were killed after a bus collided head-on with a truck and turned over in Mendoza province in Argentina officials said.

The accident on Sunday which took place along a highway outside San Rafael a town in western Mendoza province also left at least 20 others injured Xinhua news agency reported.

Most of the victims are dancers belonging to a dance group from Buenos Aires that was returning from Malargue (Mendoza) following a tourist visit the daily La Nacion said on its website.

An image of the crash site showed a bus turned over on its side alongside what appears to be a curve in the highway.

The injured were taken to an area hospital and the investigation to the accident was underway.

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