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Question
Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.
12 INJURED AS BUSES COLLIDE About ______at the Dindigul bus terminus here today.
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Solution
About 12 passengers were injured as buses collided at Dindigul.
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