A Japanese tourist is rescued from a crashed bus on a highway outside Paris. Two Japanese tourists were killed and a dozen others were injured when their bus veered off a highway and landed in a ditch. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Policemen, firefighters and emergency personnel stand next a crashed bus carrying a total of 15 Japanese tourists on A13 highway next Versailles, western of Paris. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

    PARIS, April 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Two Japanese tourists were killed and a dozen others injured Monday in a traffic accident on the highway A13 outside Paris, officials said.

    The accident took place near 1400 local time (1200 GMT) when the bus carrying a total of 15 tourists veered off the highway Paris and landed in a ditch of several meters deep.

    Some 60 firefighters and emergency personnel were working to free three passengers trapped inside the vehicle. Enditem