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Mexico fireworks explosion kills 11

A small truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in a central Mexican village, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens.

Firefighters and forensic teams investigate the scene after a truck loaded with fireworks exploded killing at least 11 people in Jesusito Nativitas, Tlaxcala, Mexico, on March 15, 2013.

One witness said he saw "bodies flying" as people ran for cover after a stray firework landed on the truck in the village of Jesus Tepactepec in the middle of a march for the village's patron saint.

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