BEIJING: Nineteen people, 17 of them children, were killed in a collision between an overloaded school bus and a truck in northwestern China on Wednesday, local authorities and state media said.
Two adults were among those killed in the accident, which happened at 9:40 am in Yulinzi township in Gansu province, an official surnamed Du from the Gansu safety bureau told AFP.
The bus was from the local kindergarten, the official Xinhua news agency said.
A photograph posted on China National Radio's website purportedly of the accident scene showed a badly damaged orange bus -- its front section crushed from the impact -- and a red truck on a road. The vehicles were facing each other and were surrounded by debris.
An unspecified number of injured have been taken to the local hospital and the cause of the accident is under investigation, reports said.
Two adults were among those killed in the accident, which happened at 9:40 am in Yulinzi township in Gansu province, an official surnamed Du from the Gansu safety bureau told AFP.
The bus was from the local kindergarten, the official Xinhua news agency said.
A photograph posted on China National Radio's website purportedly of the accident scene showed a badly damaged orange bus -- its front section crushed from the impact -- and a red truck on a road. The vehicles were facing each other and were surrounded by debris.
An unspecified number of injured have been taken to the local hospital and the cause of the accident is under investigation, reports said.