Two Koreans killed in road accident in NE China
25/9/2008 17:17
Two tourists from the Republic of Korea (ROK) died and at least 30 were
injured when the bus they were traveling in overturned in the northeastern China
province of Jilin this morning, police and rescuers said.
The bus, carrying
37 people, including 34 Koreans and three Chinese, overturned at around 9 a.m.
on State Highway 303, about 20 kilometers from the city of Ji'an, said an
unnamed border police officer who joined the rescue work.
In addition to the
two deaths, the rescuer said nearly everyone else on the bus was injured. "The
bus was seriously damaged in the accident: its roof was gone and was later found
in a roadside ditch. All its windows were smashed."
Traffic on the highway
was in a standstill for at least two hours after the accident.
All the
injured were hospitalized in Ji'an, and police are investigating the cause of
the accident.
Xinhua
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