标题: School bus accident kills 19 in NW China [打印本页] 作者: 雨落风残 时间: 2011-11-16 18:22 标题: School bus accident kills 19 in NW China
LANZHOU - Nineteen people, including 17 preschoolers and two adults, died in a head-on collision between a school bus and a truck in northwest China's Gansu province Wednesday morning, the local government said.
The accident happened at around 9:40 am in Yulinzi township of Zhengning county, the work safety bureau of the city of Qingyang said in a press release.
It said five people died at the scene, including four children and the bus driver, and 14 others had been confirmed dead by midday.
The bureau has blamed overloading for the crash, saying the school bus -- a van with nine seats -- was carrying 64 people, most of whom were children from Little Doctor Kindergarten of Yulinzi township.
It said another 45 people, mostly children, were hospitalized with injuries, including 13 serious cases.
The truck had a license plate from neighboring Shaanxi Province and was carrying coal, it said.
Xinhua reporters are on their way to Zhengning County, which is 500 km from the provincial capital of Lanzhou.作者: tingroom 时间: 2011-11-17 14:47 标题: the scene of the accident
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