Death toll from SE China bus accident rises to 7
24/8/2006 15:11
The death toll from yesterday's bus accident in southeastern Fujian
province has increased to seven after five critically-injured people died in
hospital, local authorities said.
Another 19 injured are receiving treatment
in hospital, but six of them are still in a critical condition, said a spokesman
with the Sanming expressway traffic police.
The bus overturned at about 6
p.m. Wednesday on the expressway in Sanming City in Fujian, when it was about to
enter a tunnel. Two people died at the the site and 24 others were injured, said
a spokesman with the Sanming expressway traffic police said.
The bus is
registered in central China's Hubei Province and was traveling from Shishi in
Fujian to Xiantou in Hubei when the accident occurred, he said, giving no
further details.
The expressway links the northwestern city of Yinchuan with
the southeastern city of Fuzhou.
The cause of the accident is being
investigated.
xinhua
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