Rescuers work at the bus accident site in Miaoling Township of Ezhou City, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 2, 2016. Seventeen people were killed in a road accident in Hubei Province early Friday morning, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
WUHAN, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Seventeen people were killed in a road accident in central China's Hubei Province early Friday morning, local authorities said.
The accident occurred at a road section near Miaoling Township, Ezhou City between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. when a bus carrying about 20 people plunged into a roadside lake.
According to the publicity department of Ezhou City, the 17 victims have been identified and the bus has been pulled out of the water.
Rescue is under way.
