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4 die, 29 injured after bus overturns in Xinjiang

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-24 14:54
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URUMQI: Four people were killed and 29 injured after a bus overturned Tuesday in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, local authorities said Wednesday.

The accident happened at around 4 pm in Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county.

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Three died at the scene while one died at 10:30 pm en route to Karamay Workers Hospital, said the general office of the county's Communist Party of China (CPC) committee in a statement.

Three seriously injured were taken to Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, for medical treatment, the statement said.

The bus with two drivers and 33 passengers was traveling from Hoboksar county to Tacheng city.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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