MADRID, Nov 09, (AFP) - Twelve people died when a coach plunged into a ravine in
the Murcia region of southeast Spain, in the worst such accident in the country
for six years, officials said Sunday.The coach carrying passengers from the
village of Bullas back from the capital Madrid left the road and turned onto
its side in a ravine just before midnight Saturday.
The accident happened on the final stretch of
the 400-kilometre (250-mile) journey, 50 kilometres from the village.The driver
and his colleague tested negative for drugs and alcohol, the prefect of the
region, Joaquin Bascunana, told the media.The crash is the worst of its kind in
Spain since 2008 when nine Finnish tourists died in the south of the country.
In July 2013 nine people were also killed when their coach left the road in
central Spain.
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