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28 die in Cuba bus and train accident

Cuba - Train was heading for Manzanillo, when it hit a bus at Yara
Cuba - Train was heading for Manzanillo, when it hit a bus at Yara

At least 28 people have been killed and 73 injured in Cuba's deadliest accident in years after a train slammed into a bus.

The train had left Cuba's second city, Santiago, headed for Manzanillo, in the Granma province.

It slammed into the bus at a crossing in Yara, about 800km southeast of Havana.

Officials rushed to the scene and other people came to help the injured and give blood.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.  

Last June, 11 people were killed and 50 were injured when a truck flipped over in the Santiago area.