14 killed, 32 injured in Gansu bus accident
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Fourteen people have been confirmed dead and 32 others injured after a bus tumbled into a ravine and caught fire Friday night in northwest China's Gansu Province, local authorities said on Saturday.
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| Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2013 shows the damaged bus after an accident occured in Ningxian County of Qingyang city, in northwest China's Gansu Province. The death toll has risen to 14 as the rescuers found another five corpses at the accident site on Saturday morning. A bus tumbled into a ravine and caught fire on Friday night here in Gansu Province. [Xinhua] |
The accident occurred around 10 p.m. Friday near the county seat of Ningxian, Qingyang City, according to sources with the Gansu provincial government.
The coach from Langfang City in north China's Hebei Province veered off the road at a curve, crashing into the ravine that is more than 10 meters deep and catching fire, the sources said.
Eleven people were killed at the scene and two others died in hospital after rescue efforts failed.
The injured have been sent to local hospitals, yet their conditions are unknown.
It is not immediately known how many people were onboard the coach when the accident happened.
The accident happened at a time when China's transportation sector is gearing up for the Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) holiday, when hundreds of millions of people travel back to their hometown for family reunion.
Also on Friday, a coach carrying 29 people flipped over into a 100-meter-deep slope in southwest China's Sichuan Province, killing 11 onboard and injuring 18 others.
An expressway viaduct collapsed in central China's Henan Province on Friday after a truck loaded with fireworks exploded, killing at least 10 people and injuring 11 other.
Setting off fireworks is a traditional way to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10 this year, and improper storage and transportation of the explosives are main reasons behind such accidents.
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