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13 killed, 6 injured in SW China bus accident

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-04-17 17:45

Rescuers work at the accident site in Kaiyang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, April 17, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]


GUIYANG -- Thirteen people died and six were injured when a bus plunged into a river in Southwest China's Guizhou province Monday, local authorities said.

The accident occurred around 8:30 am in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang, the county government said in a statement.

The 19-seat bus, traveling from Kaiyang to Weng'an county in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, was carrying 19 people when it veered off a bridge on a provincial highway and fell into the river.

The injured are being treated in a local hospital.

Local police are holding several people in custody for questioning.

An investigation is ongoing.

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