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| 2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash | |
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| Date | 28 July 2013 |
| Location | near Monteforte Irpino, Italy |
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| Deaths | 40 |
| Injured | 8 |
Forty people were killed and another eight were injured in a bus crash near the town of Monteforte Irpino in Italy on 28 July 2013.
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