A tourist bus turned over in Taiwan yesterday afternoon with 17 passengers wounded, according to the news from Taipei.

There were over 40 passengers on the bus when the accident happened around 1:00 PM in Pingdong, southeast of Taiwan. The wounded passengers were sent to hospital.

The police said the reason of the turn-over was not clear so far.

(Xinhua News Anecy September 12, 2005)