Toll in Mexico fireworks explosion rises to 14

Update: 2013-03-18 02:10 GMT
The number of people killed when a small truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a central Mexican village, rose to 14, authorities said. Scores more injured in Friday’s tragedy were still being treated in hospitals, said Tlaxcala state Governor Mariano Gonzalez. And ‘the figure we have now is 14 fatalities’ plus 154 injured, of whom 74 were hospitalised, he said.
One witness said he saw ‘bodies flying’ as people ran for cover.

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