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Five Britons killed in Ecuador crash

Updated on 13 April 2008

By Victoria Macdonald

Five young British women have been killed, and another 12 Britons injured, in a bus crash in Ecuador.

They were on a gap-year tour of the country when their bus was apparently in collision with a truck on the road between the capital Quito and the coastal town of Puerto Lopez.

The foreign office number for anyone concerned about a friend or relative is 020 7008 1500.

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