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Eleven dead, 31 injured after bus plunges off bridge
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-27 23:39

NANJING - Eleven people died and 31 were injured when a tire blowout forced a bus to plunge off a highway bridge in east China's Jiangsu Province on Tuesday.

When the right front tire burst, the driver lost control and the bus veered off the Mangdaohe River bridge at midday in Yangzhou City, the press office of the Jiangsu provincial government said on Wednesday.

The injured are receiving treatment in four hospitals.

Police and traffic safety authorities are still investigating the cause of the accident.