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Eight dead in bus crash in northeastern Mexico


    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Eight people died and 44 people were injured in a crash between two buses early on Sunday morning in northeastern Mexico, according to a government statement.

    The cause of the crash, which occurred on a highway in the state of Tamaulipas, wasn't immediately clear, the government said.

    Twenty-six of the injured were in "serious but stable condition," and 18 suffered minor injuries, according to the statement.

    (Reporting by Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein; Editing by Chris Reese)