4 suspended after school bus crash
By Xu Chi |
December 17, 2011, Saturday
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AT least four officials have been suspended after Monday's fatal school bus accident that killed 15 pupils and injured eight in Fengxian County of eastern China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities said yesterday.
Among the suspended officials are Zhang Bin, deputy chief of the county government; Sun Guanghua, director of the county education bureau; and Zhang Xianqi, principal of the Zhongxin Primary School which the victims attended in Shouxian Town, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
All are under criminal investigation, Xinhua said.
Fifteen children were killed when the bus, which was carrying at least 41 students, overturned into a ditch to avoid hitting a pedicab.
One pupil is still in critical condition.
Meanwhile, a principal of a primary school in the southern city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province has been removed from his post after a school minibus crashed into a tree, injuring 16 pupils and two adults on Thursday, officials said yesterday.
According to the police investigation, the minibus which had a capacity of 12 passengers was overloaded with 18 when the accident occurred. The minibus was found to be unlicensed and thus operating illegally by transporting students.
The minibus crashed into the tree to avoid hitting a pedestrian, local police said.
All of those injured are under medical treatment and are in stable condition, the police said.
After the accident, the Guangzhou Education Bureau required all the schools in the city to recheck their school buses to ensure the safety of their students. Bohai Primary School, where the victims attended, have been warned to take steps to rectify any safety deficiencies.
Among the suspended officials are Zhang Bin, deputy chief of the county government; Sun Guanghua, director of the county education bureau; and Zhang Xianqi, principal of the Zhongxin Primary School which the victims attended in Shouxian Town, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
All are under criminal investigation, Xinhua said.
Fifteen children were killed when the bus, which was carrying at least 41 students, overturned into a ditch to avoid hitting a pedicab.
One pupil is still in critical condition.
Meanwhile, a principal of a primary school in the southern city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province has been removed from his post after a school minibus crashed into a tree, injuring 16 pupils and two adults on Thursday, officials said yesterday.
According to the police investigation, the minibus which had a capacity of 12 passengers was overloaded with 18 when the accident occurred. The minibus was found to be unlicensed and thus operating illegally by transporting students.
The minibus crashed into the tree to avoid hitting a pedestrian, local police said.
All of those injured are under medical treatment and are in stable condition, the police said.
After the accident, the Guangzhou Education Bureau required all the schools in the city to recheck their school buses to ensure the safety of their students. Bohai Primary School, where the victims attended, have been warned to take steps to rectify any safety deficiencies.
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