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A school bus crash in Uganda kills at least 20 children and an adult

Headline from Courthouse News Service

Africa has the worst road safety record in the world, with more than 300,000 annual road deaths and around 26 deaths per 100,000 people.

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Reports & sources

21 articles, oldest first.

  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    At least 20 children and 1 adult were killed in a school bus crash in Uganda, police say (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    At least 20 children and 1 adult were killed in a school bus crash in Uganda, police say

  2. Daily Journal

    At least 20 children and 1 adult killed in a Uganda elementary school bus crash (opens Daily Journal)

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    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An elementary school bus carrying pupils back from an educational tour to a scenic waterfall in Uganda veered off the road and overturned, killing at least 20 children and one adult, police said Friday.

  3. Philadelphia Inquirer

    At least 20 children and 1 adult killed in a school bus crash in Uganda, police say (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    At least 20 children and one adult were killed when an elementary school bus crashed in the East African country of Uganda, the Uganda Police Force says the bus crashed Thursday night in the Kapchorwa District in eastern Uganda while returning from an educational tour to the region’s Sipi Falls wate…

  4. UPI

    At least 20 students, teacher, killed in bus crash in eastern Uganda (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    A bus bringing pupils home from a school trip in eastern Uganda crashed killing 20 students and the school's founder and injuring dozens of others.

  5. Courthouse News Service

    A school bus crash in Uganda kills at least 20 children and an adult (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Africa has the worst road safety record in the world, with more than 300,000 annual road deaths and around 26 deaths per 100,000 people.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Uganda school bus crash kills 20 children and 1 adult (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Uganda halts school trips after bus crashes returning from waterfall field trip; at least a dozen also injured.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Uganda halts school trips as bus crash kills 20 kids (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A school bus in Uganda has crashed during its return to Kampala from a trip to the Sipi Falls. The government has temporarily halted all school trips in response, as families mourn at least 20 dead children and an adult.

  8. Al Jazeera

    Death toll from Uganda school bus crash rises to 24 (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Three more pupils died after Uganda’s school bus crash, raising the death toll to 23 students and one adult.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.