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35 Young Hitchhikers on Truck Die in Crash

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RIO DE JANEIRO — A truck carrying limestone blocks and 66 teen-agers hitchhiking home from a weekend festival flipped over on a curve of a highway in northeastern Brazil, killing 35 of the youngsters, police said Monday.

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