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21 dead as bus en route to Indian wedding crashes

The truck, carrying more than 40 wedding revelers, smashed through a protective railing in central Madhya Pradesh state late Tuesday and plunged nearly 20 meters to a dry riverbed below. [Courtesy]

At least 21 revellers were killed en route to a wedding when their bus flew off a bridge, police said Wednesday, the latest horrific crash on India's accident-prone roads.

The bus, carrying more than 40 passengers, smashed through a protective railing in central Madhya Pradesh state late Tuesday and plunged nearly 20 metres to a dry riverbed below.

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