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CHINA / Regional |
Bus overturns, killing at least 8 in Sichuan(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-13 08:41 At least eight people were killed after a bus veered off a highway and overturned Wednesday afternoon in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, local government said. The accident occurred around 2:30 pm when a bus with 38 passengers aboard ran off a highway section and overturned in a nearby ditch in Yuechi County while attempting to dodge two vehicles stopping ahead, according to the Yuechi county government. By 10 pm Wednesday, eight people, including the driver and a three-year-old child, had died in the accident. The injured were rushed to two local hospitals. A slightly injured passenger said the bus was en route from Nanchong City in Sichuan to neighboring Chongqing Municipality. The cause of the accident is still being investigated. |
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