Coach overturns in England, two dead

Published: 4:40PM Wednesday December 23, 2009 Source: Reuters

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Two people were killed and 47 others were injured when a coach overturned on an icy road in Cornwall, police said on Wednesday.
   
One of the passengers died at the scene and a second at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro after the accident involving a coach carrying a group of local people returning from a day trip to the Cornish town of Mousehole.
   
Helicopters evacuated casualties to hospital from the scene of the accident in the village of Townshend. Six of the injured people were detained for treatment.
   
Devon and Cornwall police, who have launched an investigation, said in a statement that roads in the area were extremely icy at the time of the crash. 

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