Crash kills 7 bound for Paralympics

[TrogL]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2004/09/27/Sports/buscrash040927.html

World records, personal-best times and other athletic achievements were secondary at the Athens Paralympics on Monday after a school bus taking 37 high school students to the event crashed, killing seven.

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Police are investigating witness reports that one of the truck's tires burst moments before the deadly crash, which occurred along a stretch of highway without a protective divider.

Antonis Galanos Lamia, police chief of the nearby city of Lamia, said the truck might have been speeding when it apparently jackknifed into oncoming traffic.

Some of the closing ceremonies have been cancelled and schools are closed.

[Lavender Brown]

1. That's so sad

:(

[KDLarsen]

2. Very sad indeed

Apparently, they have removed the party bit of the closing ceremony, so it'll be restricted to entering the stadium, handover of the flag to the Beijing commitee, a speech and then the flame will be extincted.

[iam]

3. it's a miracle!

It's a miracle that more didn't die! Praise the Lord! In the face of such a tragedy supernaturalists will continue to be irrational.