Chinese mainland tourists injured in NZ bus crash
Source: Xinhua |
00:43 UTC+8 July 6, 2012
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A COACH carrying 30 tourists from the Chinese mainland crashed on icy roads in New Zealand's Southland yesterday, injuring more than half of the people on board, a police spokesman said.
Up to 17 were said to have been hurt, including four with serious injuries.
Police said the World Away tourist coach was traveling at about 40-50 kilometers per hour behind another bus when it slid on black ice, spun around and went off the road backwards, hitting a power pole.
The coach was traveling on State Highway 94 about 4 kilometers north of Mossburn just before 9am when the accident happened.
Police, fire and ambulance services attended at the scene and two helicopters were used to transport patients to Dunedin and Southland hospitals.
A 55-year-old man, a 52-year-old woman and a female of unknown age were flown to Southland Hospital. A 9-year-old child with abdominal injuries was flown to Dunedin Hospital accompanied by her mother, who was uninjured.
A spokesman for the St John Ambulance Service said that there were at least seven people with moderate injuries and six with minor injuries.
Those passengers were injured were sent to Invercargill Hospital, while the uninjured were being transported back to Te Anau.
Nobody was thought to have been physically trapped inside the bus after it rolled, but the crash had brought down live power lines and that had forced the passengers to stay on board until help arrived.
Diplomats from the Chinese consulate-general in Christchurch were on their way to visit the injured.
Police said there had been three other crashes in the area at about the same time.
Up to 17 were said to have been hurt, including four with serious injuries.
Police said the World Away tourist coach was traveling at about 40-50 kilometers per hour behind another bus when it slid on black ice, spun around and went off the road backwards, hitting a power pole.
The coach was traveling on State Highway 94 about 4 kilometers north of Mossburn just before 9am when the accident happened.
Police, fire and ambulance services attended at the scene and two helicopters were used to transport patients to Dunedin and Southland hospitals.
A 55-year-old man, a 52-year-old woman and a female of unknown age were flown to Southland Hospital. A 9-year-old child with abdominal injuries was flown to Dunedin Hospital accompanied by her mother, who was uninjured.
A spokesman for the St John Ambulance Service said that there were at least seven people with moderate injuries and six with minor injuries.
Those passengers were injured were sent to Invercargill Hospital, while the uninjured were being transported back to Te Anau.
Nobody was thought to have been physically trapped inside the bus after it rolled, but the crash had brought down live power lines and that had forced the passengers to stay on board until help arrived.
Diplomats from the Chinese consulate-general in Christchurch were on their way to visit the injured.
Police said there had been three other crashes in the area at about the same time.
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