BBC NEWS 24 122 08 Aug 14:07/59 ************ ************** ****** * *** *** ** ************** ****** ************ ************************** CHILDREN DIE IN ZAMBIAN BUS ACCIDENT Eighteen people, mostly children, have been killed in central Zambia after a bus rammed into a parked truck. Another 23 passengers were seriously hurt in the accident at Luanshimba in the Mkushi district. Most of the passengers were school pupils from Luapula province on a holiday trip to the capital. Fatal road accidents are common in Zambia, due mainly due to bad roads, especially in rural areas. BBC NEWS 24 - NEWS EXTRA INDEX 140 Home 141 World 142 Politics 144
