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  • School bus plunges into ocean in Brazil

    09/02/2006 3:26:40 PM PDT · by Kitten Festival · 18 replies · 542+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 2 September 2006 | Staff
    SAO PAULO, Brazil - A packed school bus plunged into the ocean after crashing into a car on a seaside road in southern Brazil Friday, injuring all 26 children aboard, authorities said. Three of the children were hospitalized in serious condition after the morning accident near Florianopolis, some 435 miles south of Sao Paulo, the Brazilian federal highway police said. The children, aged between 8 and 14, were on their way to school when the accident happened, police said. The cause of the crash was under investigation, but authorities said it appeared the bus driver lost control after being cut...