Bus crash kills 8, injures 19 in SW China

Bus crash kills 8, injures 19 in SW China

Eight people were killed and 19 others were injured after a tourist bus overturned and plunged into a valley in southwest China's 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 p.m., sources with the prefecture's press office said.

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

The injured have been hospitalized. Their condition is not yet known.

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

云南西雙版納：一旅游大巴墜入山谷致８死１９傷

記者從云南省西雙版納傣族自治州新聞辦獲悉,１４日１２時(shí)４０分左右,一輛旅游大巴車(chē)在西雙版納州勐景路（勐養(yǎng)至景洪）發(fā)生重大交通事故,大巴車(chē)發(fā)生側(cè)翻并墜入公路左側(cè)山谷,造成８人死亡、１９人受傷.

據(jù)在事故現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的救援人員介紹,發(fā)生事故時(shí),車(chē)上共有司乘人員２７名.經(jīng)初步分析事故原因系雨大路滑導(dǎo)致車(chē)輛側(cè)翻并墜入公路一側(cè)４０余米深的山谷.現(xiàn)場(chǎng)已確認(rèn)８人死亡,受傷１９人已緊急送往醫(yī)院.

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