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Panama

Bus crash claims at least 18 lives

A bus carrying farm workers went off a highway and ended up in a stream on Sunday southwest of Panama's capital, causing at least 18 deaths and injuring 37 others, authorities said. The crash happened on the Pan-American Highway in Anton, about 170 kilometers from Panama City. Officials gave no information on what caused the accident. All the dead and injured were aboard the bus, which was carrying more than 50 workers, authorities said. Photos published by local media showed the white bus in a creek at the bottom of a ravine below a bridge.