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Hong Kong bus crash kills 6, injures more than 30 others

Image: Firefighters, medics and police gather near a double-decker bus afte
Firefighters, medics and police gather near a double-decker bus after a crash in Kwu Tung in Hong Kong on Dec. 18, 2019. -  Copyright  Philip Fong
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By The Associated Press with NBC News World News
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The violent crash of a double-decker bus in Hong Kong killed six people and injured more than 30 others on Wednesday, police said.

HONG KONG — The violent crash of a double-decker bus in Hong Kong killed six people and injured more than 30 others on Wednesday, police said.

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The crash in the New Territories of Hong Kong that border mainland China tore away much of the left side of the bus and ripped a jagged hole in its roof.

Police said three women and three men died. Fire services initially said four people were killed.

Police said the bus was traveling on a highway from the town of Fanling.

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