Bus-truck crash in Hubei kills 23, injures 29
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July 5, 2011, Tuesday
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POLICE in central China's Hubei Province confirmed that 23 people died after a rear-end collision yesterday morning.
Some of the bodies were severely burned and difficult to identify, said a spokesman with the Hubei traffic police headquarters, who also said 29 people suffered injuries.
The accident occurred about 3:50am when a long-distance passenger bus was rear-ended by a truck on the Xiantao section of the Suizhou-Yueyang expressway, according to the spokesman.
Both vehicles crashed through the guardrails of the expressway and caught fire. Nearly 60 meters of guardrails were broken, according to a Xinhua reporter at the scene.
The bus, operated by Wuhan Hailong Tourism Bus Co, was carrying 52 passengers, including five children, bound for Tianmen City from southern China's Guangdong Province.
The truck driver died at the scene, said the spokesman, adding that he could not confirm whether any children in the bus died.
The injured passengers were sent to nearby hospitals, with three in critical condition.
The accident appeared to be caused by actions from both drivers, investigators said. The bus driver illegally stopped the vehicle on an emergency driveway to let a passenger get off on the expressway, they said, and the truck, with a fatigued driver behind the wheel, hit the bus at high speed.
Some of the bodies were severely burned and difficult to identify, said a spokesman with the Hubei traffic police headquarters, who also said 29 people suffered injuries.
The accident occurred about 3:50am when a long-distance passenger bus was rear-ended by a truck on the Xiantao section of the Suizhou-Yueyang expressway, according to the spokesman.
Both vehicles crashed through the guardrails of the expressway and caught fire. Nearly 60 meters of guardrails were broken, according to a Xinhua reporter at the scene.
The bus, operated by Wuhan Hailong Tourism Bus Co, was carrying 52 passengers, including five children, bound for Tianmen City from southern China's Guangdong Province.
The truck driver died at the scene, said the spokesman, adding that he could not confirm whether any children in the bus died.
The injured passengers were sent to nearby hospitals, with three in critical condition.
The accident appeared to be caused by actions from both drivers, investigators said. The bus driver illegally stopped the vehicle on an emergency driveway to let a passenger get off on the expressway, they said, and the truck, with a fatigued driver behind the wheel, hit the bus at high speed.
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