Bus crash kills tourist in Phuket
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October 23, 2011, Sunday
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ONE Chinese tourist was killed and about 30 others were injured in a bus accident in Phuket, Thailand, a Chinese diplomat said yesterday.
The bus carrying 26 Chinese tourists from Chongqing lost control and veered off the road yesterday morning, said Wu Xiufeng, a diplomat with the Chinese consulate in Phuket.
Of those injured, two were seriously hurt, she added.
Also yesterday, eight people were killed and many injured in a pile-up of more than 30 vehicles in Tianjin yesterday morning.
The accident happened at around 6am at Rongcheng-Wuhai Expressway, said the police, who are investigating the accident.
In Anhui Province, a head-on collision between a truck and a van yesterday left two people dead and nine others injured, rescuers said.
Most of the victims were in the van. Both vehicles were severely damaged.
The bus carrying 26 Chinese tourists from Chongqing lost control and veered off the road yesterday morning, said Wu Xiufeng, a diplomat with the Chinese consulate in Phuket.
Of those injured, two were seriously hurt, she added.
Also yesterday, eight people were killed and many injured in a pile-up of more than 30 vehicles in Tianjin yesterday morning.
The accident happened at around 6am at Rongcheng-Wuhai Expressway, said the police, who are investigating the accident.
In Anhui Province, a head-on collision between a truck and a van yesterday left two people dead and nine others injured, rescuers said.
Most of the victims were in the van. Both vehicles were severely damaged.
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