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| Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead | Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead |
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| A bus carrying schoolchildren has crashed and caught fire in northern Italy, killing at least 16 people, emergency officials say. | A bus carrying schoolchildren has crashed and caught fire in northern Italy, killing at least 16 people, emergency officials say. |
| The bus, carrying pupils from Hungary, collided with a roadside column as it exited the A4 motorway near Verona late on Friday. | The bus, carrying pupils from Hungary, collided with a roadside column as it exited the A4 motorway near Verona late on Friday. |
| Italy's national fire service said that another 39 people had been injured. | Italy's national fire service said that another 39 people had been injured. |
| The bus was returning to Budapest from France, where the pupils had been on a mountain holiday. | The bus was returning to Budapest from France, where the pupils had been on a mountain holiday. |
| Italian news agency Ansa said a number of the pupils, who were mainly boys aged between 14 and 18, were thrown out of the vehicle when it collided with the pylon. | Italian news agency Ansa said a number of the pupils, who were mainly boys aged between 14 and 18, were thrown out of the vehicle when it collided with the pylon. |
| It is not known why the bus left the road. | It is not known why the bus left the road. |
| Others were trapped inside the bus when it caught fire, Ansa said. Ten of those in hospital are seriously hurt, it said. | Others were trapped inside the bus when it caught fire, Ansa said. Ten of those in hospital are seriously hurt, it said. |
| Ansa quoted Judit Timaffy, Hungary's consul-general in Milan, as saying a number of the pupils were saved by a sports teacher, who returned to the middle of the fire to drag them out. The teacher suffered burns as a result, she said. | |
| The death toll is not expected to increase, the fire service added. | The death toll is not expected to increase, the fire service added. |