Monteforte Irpino

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Monteforte Irpino is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. A bus crash near the town killed 40 people in 2013. The victims were pilgrims coming home from a trip to a Catholic shrine when the bus slid off a road near Monteforte Irpino and fell 30 metres (100 ft) off a bridge.

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Monteforte Irpino
Via San Giovanni,

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N 40.892777777778 °	E 14.719444444444 °

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Via San Giovanni

Via San Giovanni
83020
Campania, Italy
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