Fourteen people were killed and more than 40 others were injured on Sunday when a bus crashed into two other vehicles and rolled over on a highway near Zibo, Shandong province.

The accident happened at 11:44 am on the Qingdao-Yinchuan Expressway, Xinhua News Agency reported.

According to Wang Jiguo, an official with Zibo traffic police, the bus first collided with a car before crossing the carriageway and crashing head-on into another bus traveling from Jinan, the provincial capital.