13 killed, 6 injured in SW China bus accident

Source: Xinhua| 2017-04-17 17:18:28|Editor: ZD

Rescuers work at the accident site in Kaiyang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 17, 2017. Ten people died and five others were injured when a bus plunged into a river in Guizhou Province Monday, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

GUIYANG, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen people died and six were injured when a bus plunged into a river in southwest China's Guizhou Province Monday, local authorities said.

The accident occurred around 8:30 a.m. in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang, the county government said in a statement.

The 19-seat bus, traveling from Kaiyang to Weng'an county in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, was carrying 19 people when it veered off a bridge on a provincial highway and fell into the river.

The injured are being treated in a local hospital.

Local police are holding several people in custody for questioning.

An investigation is ongoing.

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