4 dead in bus turnover in SW China

Four people, including a child, were killed Sunday morning when a coach veered off a road into the 8-meter-deep roadside ditch in Southwest China, police authorities said.

The accident occurred at about 8:40 am in Dafang county, Guizhou province when the coach was en route from southern Guangdong province to Guizhou's neighboring Sichuan province, the county public security bureau said in a statement.

Thirty-eight injured passengers, including five in serious condition, have been sent to a local hospital, it said.

At the time of the accident, 47 people were aboard the long-distance bus.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.