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8 students dead, 26 injured in trampling
2009-Dec-8 08:22:51
Eight students died and 26 were injured during a trampling accident at a private school in Xiangtan city, central China's Hunan province on Monday night, Xinhua reported.
A local publicity official said the tragedy happened at around 21:00 pm when students finished night self-study course and left classrooms. One student fell off on the stairway and caused the panic, leaving 8 dead and 26 injured, according to the official.
The investigation is still going on.
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