Train Hits Bus; 52 Children Die
Associated Press
CAIRO —
At least 52 schoolchildren on a holiday outing to a library were killed and 67 were injured today when a train collided with their bus at an unmarked crossing, hospital and security personnel said.
Saiza Sobhi, a spokeswoman at suburban Heliopolis Hospital, said more victims were taken to another hospital nearby, but she had no information on whether there were more dead.
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