12 killed in China minibus crash

( Xinhua ) Updated: 2014-01-15 13:24:14

12 killed in China minibus crash

Twelve people were killed after a minibus plunged off a road in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Wednesday.[Photo/IC]

KUNMING -- Twelve people were killed after a minibus plunged off a road in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Wednesday morning, local government said.

The bus veered off a rural road and plummeted 100 meters into a ditch at around 8:50 am Wednesday in Malutang Township in the provincial capital of Kunming.

All 12 people on board died. Local authorities are investigating the accident.

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