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At Least 41 Police Officers Killed In Argentina Bus Crash
NBC News ^ | Dec 14 2015, | Jacquellena Carrero

Posted on 12/14/2015 12:47:59 PM PST by sparklite2


At least 41 Argentine police officers were killed Monday morning when a bus fell off the side of a bridge near the city of Salta in northern Argentina.

The Salta Civil Defense Authority confirmed to NBC News that another six officers were seriously injured and the rest had minor injuries. The bus was carrying 51 gendarmes, the national police force that patrols Argentina's border regions.

"For reasons that are still unknown, the bus lost control while entering the bridge and fell into the stream below," the statement said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: argentina; leo; officerdown

1 posted on 12/14/2015 12:47:59 PM PST by sparklite2
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To: sparklite2

Is Obama smiling ?


2 posted on 12/14/2015 12:48:32 PM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: sparklite2

they knew where Hitler is being hidden.


3 posted on 12/14/2015 12:53:26 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

I can’t tell. The resolution
isn’t high enough.


4 posted on 12/14/2015 12:54:00 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: sparklite2
"For reasons that are still unknown, the bus lost control while entering the bridge and fell into the stream below,"

Anyone care to hazard a guess?

5 posted on 12/14/2015 12:55:55 PM PST by 21st Century Crusader (August 26, 1191)
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To: sparklite2

I seem to remember lots of bus crashes down there. Lots of times on narrow mountain roads.


6 posted on 12/14/2015 12:57:22 PM PST by umgud
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To: 21st Century Crusader

“Anyone care to hazard a guess?”

Bus driver with Sudden Jihad Syndrome? How do you say ‘Allahu Akbar!’ in Spanish?


7 posted on 12/14/2015 12:59:20 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: sparklite2

How bad is Argentina’s drug problem?

Perhaps an accident, perhaps not. If this was in Mexico I would wager strongly NOT an accident.


8 posted on 12/14/2015 1:03:05 PM PST by the_boy_who_got_lost (ThingsITrustMoreThanHillary.com)
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To: 21st Century Crusader

>Anyone care to hazard a guess?

Physics? Bodies in motion and all that stuff that blm, dindus and islamos can’t understand.


9 posted on 12/14/2015 1:03:33 PM PST by soycd
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To: sparklite2

An “accident” no doubt.


10 posted on 12/14/2015 1:08:46 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: soycd

Check the blowout on the steer tire.


11 posted on 12/14/2015 2:46:04 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: VTenigma

Drifting a bus full of cops over a dangerous bridge can often lead to headlines. Clay pigeons ain’t always there ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_2CUj3y6Y


12 posted on 12/14/2015 2:53:35 PM PST by soycd
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To: sparklite2

“For reasons that are still unknown, the bus lost control while entering the bridge and fell into the stream below,” the statement said.

***
Was the driver’s name Mohammed?


13 posted on 12/14/2015 2:57:30 PM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: VTenigma

You nailed it. All of them look bald as the day is long too...


14 posted on 12/14/2015 3:20:01 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: sparklite2

Crappy guardrail mounting...


15 posted on 12/14/2015 3:27:53 PM PST by TXnMA (Laws merely provide consequences; they do not prevent violent acts. Stay armed and ready!)
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To: VTenigma

Good observation...


16 posted on 12/14/2015 3:30:50 PM PST by TXnMA (Laws merely provide consequences; they do not prevent violent acts. Stay armed and ready!)
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