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Old 03-19-2004, 07:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Bus vs. truck - 24 dead

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Finnish bus crash leaves 24 dead

The bus was carrying ski tourists to the northern region of Lapland
At least 24 people were killed and 15 injured when a bus and truck collided on icy roads in central Finland.

The bus was carrying 40 people, mostly teenagers, to ski resorts in Lapland.

Police said the collision at about 0200 (2400 GMT) sent the truck's cargo of heavy paper rolls crashing through the windscreen of the bus.

The Finnish government declared a national day of mourning for what it said was the country's worst ever traffic accident.

It also recommended that flags be flown at half-mast and launched an inquiry into the accident.

'Serious condition'

The collision happened near the town of Aanekoski, about 200km (125 miles) north of the capital Helsinki.

Rescuers arriving at the scene said the bus was so badly crumpled that it took hours to cut some survivors free.

The injured, some of them in serious condition, were taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Jyvaskyla.

"We have some 24 people dead, most of them aged 15 to 20 years old," the hospital's chief medical officer Jukka Puolakka told AFP.

Police said the precise cause of the accident had not yet been established.

However the truck driver blamed icy conditions for the crash.
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Old 03-19-2004, 08:47 AM   #2 (permalink)
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damn... i've been wanting to get that far north...
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Old 03-20-2004, 10:10 AM   #3 (permalink)
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This really has me quite upset. It just hit home somehow...

I feel awful, and I don't even live in the same country anymore.
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Old 03-22-2004, 08:47 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That's so sad. I don't really know what else to say.
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Old 03-22-2004, 09:30 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I feel for them. It may sound bad but the reason I feel for them is because they were so young (my age). They didn't get to live life to the fullest, or anything like that. I wouldn't have cared as much if it were adults. It really hits home when you think of yourself as dying today.
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Old 03-22-2004, 10:33 AM   #6 (permalink)
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that's horrible. those poor kids man, they were so young. very very unfortunate.
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Old 03-22-2004, 10:35 AM   #7 (permalink)
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wow, what a shocker. What can one say with a story like this? I feel so bad for their families.
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Old 03-22-2004, 10:41 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I wouldn't have cared as much if it were adults. It really hits home when you think of yourself as dying today.
Can happen. Check out your newspaper's obituaries column. Occasionally, you'll find an infant in there. Death is, unfortunately, an equal opportunity event.

Check out some old cemetaries. You'll find lots of small markers with only one date on them.
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Old 03-22-2004, 11:57 AM   #9 (permalink)
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............bummer................. only thing i can think of.
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Old 03-22-2004, 12:21 PM   #10 (permalink)
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That is quite sad, but the title rather is funny so that dulls the sad part quite a bit.
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Old 03-22-2004, 04:49 PM   #11 (permalink)
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That is so damn sad to hear...
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Old 03-22-2004, 07:40 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Very unfortunate, I'll remember to appreciate my life a little more tonight.
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