31.   A narrow two-way road, riddled with hairpin curves, snakes through the mountains where the accident took place.

32.   Accidents and crime also happen during the day, the council spokesman countered, meaning that crime and accidents can take place at any time.

33.   Artyom Lymar, a spokesman for the Russian troops in Tajikistan, confirmed that a fatal accident had taken place but would not elaborate on the casualty toll.

34.   Because the accident took place deep in a lengthy tunnel, cleanup operations have been slow and arduous.

35.   Both accidents took place in the northern state of Kano.

36.   But D.N. Saikia, the district administrator of Kamrup, where the accident took place, said all but two passenger made it safely to shore.

37.   But a Dachang fire official, who would only give his surname, Hua, confirmed the accident took place.

38.   But just in case, divers are still in the water on the straightaway where the accidents took place.

39.   DeMunn would not say where the accident took place or identify the driver.

40.   Ethiopian radio quoted police sources as saying the bus was in the Amhara Region when the accident took place on Friday.