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HONG KONG: A double-decker bus collided with a truck and plunged off a bridge early on Thursday, killing 21 people and injuring 20. Police arrested the truck driver and said they probably would charge him with recklessness. Some people were thrown out of the bus and others were trapped inside as it fell 35 metres and landed on a rural hillside, police and fire officials said. Rescue crews secured injured passengers on stretchers, then formed a human chain and used ropes to pull them off the slope. Fire-fighters later lifted the wreckage and said no one had been trapped beneath it. Bruised and bloodied survivors were rushed to local hospitals. The regional police commander, Bonnie Smith, said the bus hit the back of a truck. The Apple Daily reported that the truck suddenly changed lanes before the bus ran into it. — AP
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