Bus crashes into ravine in Portugal, killing 13

Lisbon, Nov 6: A bus crashed into a ravine in central Portugal, killing 13 people, emergency services said.

Another 25 people were injured in the yesterday's accident and taken to hospital, a spokesman at the civil protection authority said.

The bus and a car collided on a motorway, according to a spokesman for the traffic brigade of the national guard. The car also skidded into the ravine.

Portugal has one of the highest road death rates in western Europe.

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