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10 detained in connection with sleeper bus inferno
By Li Qian |
September 24, 2012, Monday
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TEN people have been detained in connection with a collision that killed 36 people in northwestern Shaanxi Province on August 26, police said.
The accident happened at around 2am in Yan'an City when a tanker loaded with methanol from Henan Province left a service area on the Baotou-Maoming Expressway and was hit by a double-decker sleeper bus.
The highly flammable liquid leaked and set off a huge explosion. The bus was full at the time and only three out of the 39 people on board survived. Drivers and passengers in the tanker escaped injury.
Three drivers were found guilty of breaking traffic laws and causing the accident.
The bus driver, who died in the accident, was driving when he should have been resting and the two tanker drivers, surnamed Shan, 52, and Zhang, 43, are being held by police for violations related to the transport of dangerous materials, according to Xinhua news agency.
A preliminary investigation showed that the tanker illegally entered the highway and was driving too slowly, resulting in the collision.
Police have also detained eight staffers of the bus company from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
China ordered sweeping inspections into the safety of long-distance buses following the crash.
Several provinces have banned the non-stop overnight operation of long-distance buses.
The crash put Yang Dacai, head of the Shaanxi Work Safety Bureau at the center of a media storm after he was seen smiling at the scene.
An online campaign exposed his penchant for luxury watches and eyeglasses and he was stripped of his post after an investigation was launched.
The accident happened at around 2am in Yan'an City when a tanker loaded with methanol from Henan Province left a service area on the Baotou-Maoming Expressway and was hit by a double-decker sleeper bus.
The highly flammable liquid leaked and set off a huge explosion. The bus was full at the time and only three out of the 39 people on board survived. Drivers and passengers in the tanker escaped injury.
Three drivers were found guilty of breaking traffic laws and causing the accident.
The bus driver, who died in the accident, was driving when he should have been resting and the two tanker drivers, surnamed Shan, 52, and Zhang, 43, are being held by police for violations related to the transport of dangerous materials, according to Xinhua news agency.
A preliminary investigation showed that the tanker illegally entered the highway and was driving too slowly, resulting in the collision.
Police have also detained eight staffers of the bus company from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
China ordered sweeping inspections into the safety of long-distance buses following the crash.
Several provinces have banned the non-stop overnight operation of long-distance buses.
The crash put Yang Dacai, head of the Shaanxi Work Safety Bureau at the center of a media storm after he was seen smiling at the scene.
An online campaign exposed his penchant for luxury watches and eyeglasses and he was stripped of his post after an investigation was launched.
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