UCC students survive fatal bus crash in Spain

Three Irish college students have cheated death following a bus crash in Spain which claimed the lives of 13 foreign students.

UCC students survive fatal bus crash in Spain
Mon, 21 Mar, 2016 - 00:00
Eoin English

University College Cork confirmed that three of its students, who were studying in Barcelona University as part of the Erasmus student exchange programme, were among 57 people caught up in the crash in northeastern Spain in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Two of the Irish students were uninjured. One suffered minor injuries. Eight people were seriously injured.

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