Yunnan bus crash kills 8

Eight people were killed and 19 others were injured after a tourist bus overturned and plunged into a valley in Yunnan Province on Sunday, local authorities said.

Twenty-seven people were aboard the bus when it plummeted into a valley on Mengjing Road in the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna at 12:40 pm, local officials said.

Eight people were confirmed dead at the scene of the accident.

An initial investigation indicated that the vehicle overturned due to a lack of traction caused by heavy rain.