Eleven people were killed and 51 others were injured on Sunday
when an overloaded bus rolled over on a highway in the eastern
province of Anhui, local government officials said on Monday.
The injured were in stable condition, according to the
provincial publicity department.
The accident happened at 11:27 a.m. when a bus carrying 72
people, 21 more than allowed, overturned on a highway in Mingguang
City. Seven people were declared dead at the scene and four others
died later in the hospital.
The bus, which was traveling from Suzhou City in neighboring
Jiangsu Province to Fuyang City in Anhui, belongs to the Fuyang
Autotransport (Group) Co., Ltd., according to the transportation
administration of Mingguang City.
Investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.
(Xinhua News Agency January 21, 2008)