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Dozens of ambulances and a hundred doctors arrived at the scene. The injured were taken to four different hospitals where a shortage of blood and plasma resulted in an appeal for blood donors, to which 1,500 people responded. Many children were taken to
Hospital Piñero in a truck driven by the owner
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The accident happened near
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33:The bus after the impact
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924:Transport in Argentina
919:Yerba Buena Steam Tram
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644:De los Pueblos Libres
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608:Santa Fe Urban Train
179:Buenos Aires station
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639:Posadas-EncarnaciĂłn
242:, 31 fatal victims.
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1246:34°39′56″S
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