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| Argentina coach crash: At least 19 killed near border with Chile | Argentina coach crash: At least 19 killed near border with Chile |
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| At least 19 people were killed when a coach overturned on a remote road in the Argentine Andes, near the border with Chile, officials say. | |
| A survivor who was not identified said that the coach had been travelling too fast, despite the concerns of passengers. | A survivor who was not identified said that the coach had been travelling too fast, despite the concerns of passengers. |
| The crash happened near Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside of Asia. | The crash happened near Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside of Asia. |
| The Chilean company that operated the vehicle says it is striving to ascertain the identities of the dead. | The Chilean company that operated the vehicle says it is striving to ascertain the identities of the dead. |
| Mendoza Provincial Governor Alejandro Gulle was quoted by AFP news agency as saying that two Chilean coach drivers who survived the crash were being questioned in the town of Uspallata, a tourist location near the 6,960m (22,835ft) Mt Aconcagua. | |
| The dead - including three children - are mostly from Argentina but also from Chile, Colombia and Haiti, officials say. The accident happened in good weather on a well maintained road but on a dangerous curve. | The dead - including three children - are mostly from Argentina but also from Chile, Colombia and Haiti, officials say. The accident happened in good weather on a well maintained road but on a dangerous curve. |
| "I was sleeping when the bus began to flip over," the unidentified teenaged passenger told Argentina's Channel 13. "[When] I woke up and I was falling. | "I was sleeping when the bus began to flip over," the unidentified teenaged passenger told Argentina's Channel 13. "[When] I woke up and I was falling. |
| "[The bus] was going at a high speed. It hit the roadside, first it moved a little bit and then continued. It went very fast, very fast." | "[The bus] was going at a high speed. It hit the roadside, first it moved a little bit and then continued. It went very fast, very fast." |
| The passenger said the bus had continued to travel at speed even though passengers volubly complained. | The passenger said the bus had continued to travel at speed even though passengers volubly complained. |
| At least 41 people, most of them police officers, were killed when a bus fell off a bridge in north-west Argentina in December 2015. | At least 41 people, most of them police officers, were killed when a bus fell off a bridge in north-west Argentina in December 2015. |