All the dead were female, according to a regional government source who requested anonymity.
The students were on a European exchange program in Catalonia and were from 16 different countries including Britain, Ukraine, Switzerland, Sweden but also Japan and New Zealand, said regional government official Jordi Jane.
The casualties' nationalities was not immediately known, said Mr Jane, revising down an earlier death toll of 14.
The accident occurred just before 6:00am (local time) near the small town of Freginals, about 150 kilometres south of Barcelona as the bus was returning from a popular festival in Valencia.
The driver "hit the railing on the right and swerved to the left so violently that the bus veered onto the other side of the highway," Mr Jane said......... Read More
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