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Bus Accident Kills 25 In China's West

by Gh0s7 | August 12, 2008 at 09:35 pm | 528 views | 3 comments | 10 recommendations

The state media in China has reported that there has been a bus accident the has killed 25 students and their parents. This one of many bad bus accidents that have occured all over the world in the last month or so. Reports say that the accident occured in the Xinjian region on a mountainous highway. The students and parents were on their way to get health checkups so that they may enter high school.

BEIJING (AP) - A bus overturned in a mountainous region of China's west, killing 25 students and their parents, state media said Wednesday.

The bus was traveling on a remote highway in the restive western province of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. It was about 730 miles from the regional capital of Urumqi when it flipped over.

Most of the dead were students on their way to have health exams necessary for admission to high schools in China's more developed east, Xinhua said.

Five injured people were being treated in a hospital, the agency said, citing an unnamed official at the regional emergency response office.

Xinhua did not say what caused the accident, reporting only that it was under investigation.

Road accidents are common in China, where often overloaded vehicles must contend with poor road conditions and bad driving habits.

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Sanjay Jha

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at 22:01 on August 12th, 2008

Gh0s7, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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at 00:12 on August 13th, 2008

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