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10 injured in Henan schoolbus collision
TEN people, including eight preschoolers, were injured after a schoolbus crashed into a truck in central China's Henan Province yesterday, according to local publicity officials.
The accident occurred at about 3:30pm on a section of the No. 106 national highway that goes through Puyang County, sources with the Puyang publicity department said.
A schoolbus from the Little Harvard Kindergarten in the township of Bagongqiao was carrying 15 children, a teacher and a driver when it ran into the truck.
Four children were seriously injured, while the teacher, the driver and four other children suffered minor wounds, according to the sources.
Local firefighters rushed to the site immediately after the accident. The bus was seriously damaged, according to the firefighters.
The driver of the bus has been detained for questioning.
An initial investigation showed that wet and slippery roads might have caused the accident.
Several parts of Henan Province have been hit by rain and snow since Monday. Puyang county, where the accident took place, was battered by small bursts of hail and snow yesterday.
The accident came shortly after a schoolbus collision that killed 19 preschoolers sparked a nationwide outcry over school transportation safety.
A nine-seat minivan that was being used as a bus crashed head-on with a truck two weeks ago in northwest China's Gansu Province, killing 21 people, including 19 preschoolers.
The mini-van was overloaded with 64 people when the accident happened.
The accident occurred at about 3:30pm on a section of the No. 106 national highway that goes through Puyang County, sources with the Puyang publicity department said.
A schoolbus from the Little Harvard Kindergarten in the township of Bagongqiao was carrying 15 children, a teacher and a driver when it ran into the truck.
Four children were seriously injured, while the teacher, the driver and four other children suffered minor wounds, according to the sources.
Local firefighters rushed to the site immediately after the accident. The bus was seriously damaged, according to the firefighters.
The driver of the bus has been detained for questioning.
An initial investigation showed that wet and slippery roads might have caused the accident.
Several parts of Henan Province have been hit by rain and snow since Monday. Puyang county, where the accident took place, was battered by small bursts of hail and snow yesterday.
The accident came shortly after a schoolbus collision that killed 19 preschoolers sparked a nationwide outcry over school transportation safety.
A nine-seat minivan that was being used as a bus crashed head-on with a truck two weeks ago in northwest China's Gansu Province, killing 21 people, including 19 preschoolers.
The mini-van was overloaded with 64 people when the accident happened.
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