BEIJING, Feb. 16 -- A coach carrying 55 people plunged over a 50-meter cliff after colliding with a truck at a village in Guizhou Province Monday, killing nine people and injuring 43.

    Registered in Sichuan Province, the coach was running from Shenzhen to Sichuan via Guizhou when the accident happened. Most of the passengers were Shenzhen-based migrant workers from Sichuan, police in Guizhou said Tuesday.

    At about 4:20 p.m. Monday, the coach was reportedly overtaking a car on a bend in Tanyao Village in Shangsi County, Dushan Township, when it collided with the truck. It then crashed through the safety barrier and plunged over the cliff.

    There were five children among the 55 passengers. The coach was overloaded by five people, said police.

    The 43 injured were taken to two hospitals for treatment. Dushan Township People's Hospital treated 37 passengers while Dushan Township Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital treated six. Most of the injuries were fractures and cuts and abrasions. Six passengers were seriously injured and needed surgery, said a nurse from Dushan Township People's Hospital.

    Most of the passengers had been identified and their relatives informed, said the nurse.

    (Source:Shenzhen Daily)