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Bus crash kills 12, injures 23 in Algeria

Algiers, Dec 7 (UNI) At least 12 people were killed, and 23 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus overturned in Algeria's western Beni Abbes province, the Civil Protection service said.
The crash happened around 1:50 p.m. local time (1250 GMT) on National Road 50 near the municipality of Tabelbala, about 1,200 km southwest of the country's capital, Algiers.
Rescue crews treated the wounded at the scene before taking several in critical condition to a nearby hospital. Authorities opened an investigation into the cause of the crash.
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