18 killed in three-bus crash

Seoul - At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured when three buses carrying teenagers collided and exploded in a fireball…

Seoul - At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured when three buses carrying teenagers collided and exploded in a fireball, South Korean police said yesterday.

Fourteen students and four other people died in the crash in heavy rain on the main expressway linking Seoul with the southern port city of Pusan. Another 97 people were injured, said a police officer in the city of Kimchon.

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