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At least eight children have been killed and four injured in a collision between a school bus and a train in South Africa, local reports say.
The accident happened at a railway crossing near Cape Town when the driver drove round a closed gate, witnesses were quoted as saying.
A police spokesman also said the crossing's barriers were lowered at the time of the accident.
The bus driver was reported to have been seriously injured.
Source: BBC
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