At least 41 dead after police bus crashes in Argentina

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At least 41 police officers were killed in a bus accident in northern Argentina.

Authorities say the crash happened early Monday while a convoy of three buses with gendarmes officers was traveling near Salta, a city about 932 miles north of Buenos Aires.

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Angel Marinaro, civil defense director for the province, told local station TN that for unknown reasons the driver of one of the buses lost control as the convoy was crossing a bridge.

The vehicle flipped and fell off the bridge, landing about 65 feet below in a dry riverbed. Local television images show an overturned bus and rescue crews working the scene.

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Authorities say the bus was carrying about 60 people, and survivors are being taken to a nearby hospital. At least 10 people were rescued from the crash site, according to a report from Clarín.

A local mayor told Clarín that the road where the accident occurred is "very run down."

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