2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash
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Forty people were killed and another eight were injured in a bus crash near the town of Monteforte Irpino in Italy on 28 July 2013.
Accident
The bus was carrying pilgrims to their home from a visit to a Catholic shrine and fell nearly {{Convert|100|m|ft}} feet off a bridge east of Naples. The bus carried nearly 50 passengers.{{cite news |title=Death toll rises to 39 in Italy coach crash |date=29 July 2013 |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/29/c_132582175.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803114829/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/29/c_132582175.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2013 |work=Xinhua News Agency |access-date=29 July 2013}}{{cite news |title=Italy coach crash: At least 37 dead near Avellino |date=28 July 2013 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23486086 |work=BBC News |access-date=29 July 2013}}{{cite news |title=At least 36 pilgrims die in bus crash in southern Italy |date=28 July 2013 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/28/world/europe/italy-bus-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 |work=CNN |access-date=29 July 2013}}{{cite news |title=36 people killed in Italy coach crash - rescue services |date=28 July 2013 |url=http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_07_29/Thirty-people-killed-in-Italy-coach-crash-3463/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728225231/http://english.ruvr.ru/news/2013_07_29/Thirty-people-killed-in-Italy-coach-crash-3463/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |work=Voice of Russia |access-date=29 July 2013}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-29/italy-crash-kills-at-least-36-as-bus-runs-off-bridge-into-ravine.html |title=Italy Crash Kills at Least 38 as Bus Plunges into Ravine |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=29 July 2013}}
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