11 children killed in van crash
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December 25, 2012, Tuesday
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Eleven children died after a minivan carrying them to kindergarten plunged into a roadside pond in a rural area of eastern China yesterday.
Three children died at the scene of the accident in Guixi City in Jiangxi Province and another eight died later in hospital, said an official. Four children survived.
The accident is the latest in a string of deadly crashes in China involving school children.
Police detained the driver for questioning and were investigating the cause of the accident, Xinhua news agency said.
The minivan belonged to Chunlei kindergarten, which doesn't have a government license to operate, according to the website of China Central Television. Its report said that the van was traveling too fast and had swerved to avoid a parked vehicle.
Photos on the website showed pairs of tiny shoes and brightly colored schoolbags lined up on the ground near the scene and an injured child being treated.
The van was said to have a capacity of seven people but had 17 onboard. A teacher was also on the vehicle at the time.
Overcrowding on school buses is common in rural China, where the education system is short of funds and children are forced to travel far to get an education because of school closures.
Last year, a nine-seat private school van overloaded with 62 kindergarten children and two adults crashed head-on with a truck in western China, killing 19 children and the adults. The accident caused public uproar and Premier Wen Jiabao pledged more support for school bus safety and said central and local governments would bear the cost of bringing buses up to standard.
Three children died at the scene of the accident in Guixi City in Jiangxi Province and another eight died later in hospital, said an official. Four children survived.
The accident is the latest in a string of deadly crashes in China involving school children.
Police detained the driver for questioning and were investigating the cause of the accident, Xinhua news agency said.
The minivan belonged to Chunlei kindergarten, which doesn't have a government license to operate, according to the website of China Central Television. Its report said that the van was traveling too fast and had swerved to avoid a parked vehicle.
Photos on the website showed pairs of tiny shoes and brightly colored schoolbags lined up on the ground near the scene and an injured child being treated.
The van was said to have a capacity of seven people but had 17 onboard. A teacher was also on the vehicle at the time.
Overcrowding on school buses is common in rural China, where the education system is short of funds and children are forced to travel far to get an education because of school closures.
Last year, a nine-seat private school van overloaded with 62 kindergarten children and two adults crashed head-on with a truck in western China, killing 19 children and the adults. The accident caused public uproar and Premier Wen Jiabao pledged more support for school bus safety and said central and local governments would bear the cost of bringing buses up to standard.
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