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Four youths burnt

The Sunday Age

Sunday January 10, 2010

FOUR youths have been seriously burnt in a boating accident on the Murray River.Two 16-year-old girls and two boys aged 15 and 12 had been riding in a speedboat down the river at about midday yesterday when it suddenly caught fire.The teenagers were flown to hospitals in Adelaide with burns to their faces and arms, a South Australia Ambulance spokeswoman said.A 41-year-old man who had been boating with the youths also suffered substantial burns and was treated at the scene.

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