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27 missing, 11 saved after bus falls into river in Sichuan

TWENTY-SEVEN people were missing and eleven others were saved after a bus they were riding in fell into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province this morning, latest information given by the emergency response center with Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed.

The center said that the bus, registered in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, fell into Dajin River inside Rongchag County of Garze at 10:15 am.

The bus, with an approved capacity load of 35 people but carrying 38 people aboard today, was heading for Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, from Maerkang County of Aba.

Rescuers are searching for the missing.




 

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