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| Bus in Mexico buried by landslide |
| At least 40 people are feared dead after a bus was buried by a landslide in Puebla in central Mexico.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-July-2007
3:28:24 AM |
| The bus was travelling on a remote road early on Wednesday, when a mountainside is believed to have collapsed on top of it after heavy rainfall.
Officials say more than 500 people are working to free the passengers, but that a second mudslide has hampered rescue efforts.
The body of a woman was recovered by rescue workers late on Wednesday.
Huge rocks
It is not clear exactly how many people were on board the bus bound for Tehuacan, but witnesses said it was full.
A senior state rescue official, German Garcia, told the Reuters news agency that mud and rock as much as 7m (23ft) thick lay on top of the vehicle.
Witness Mario Jimenez told W Radio he was driving behind the bus near the town of Eloxochitlan when he saw huge rocks slide down the mountain.
"The rocks fell first and then it was the dirt," Mr Jimenez said.
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