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1 dead, 22 injured as landslide buries bus in east China
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A Taiwanese woman died and 22 other people were injured after a bus carrying 23 was buried in a landslide Saturday in east China's Fujian Province, local authorities said.
The bus, carrying a tour group from Taiwan, veered off the road and overturned after it was hit by falling rocks and mud on a highway in Yongding District of Longyan City at around 10:30 a.m., the local government in Yongding District said in a press release.
It said the 39-seat bus was run by a travel service in Xiamen. Among the 23 people on board were 21 tourists from Taiwan, a driver and a guide.
By 1 p.m., all the survivors had been freed from the wreckage through the roof hatch and were sent to the nearest two hospitals in Yongding District.
Rescuers said it was raining heavily when the accident happened.
Investigation is going on.
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