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July 16, 2007 / 12:46 PM

One killed, 20 hurt in Czech bus crash

BELGRADE, Serbia, July 16 (UPI) -- A driver was killed and 20 people injured when a bus taking Czech tourists from Greece to the Czech Republic crashed Monday in southern Serbia, police said.

The 54-year-old Czech driver was killed outright in the crash when the bus skidded off the Nis-to-Belgrade highway, the Serbian news agency Tanjug reported.

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Six tourists were seriously hurt when the bus carrying 41 Czech vacationers overturned at Razanj, 120 miles south of the Serbian capital.

Serbian police were investigating the crash.

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