Four people, including two students, were killed and six others
were injured when their bus crashed into the rear of a truck on an
expressway in east China's Jiangsu Province, Wednesday morning, local
traffic department reported.
The accident happened at about 8 AM, when the bus carrying 54
passengers bumped with a truck registered in neighboring Anhui
Province on the expressway between Yangzhou and Nanjing, the
provincial capital.
The passengers were mainly students and teachers from the
Jiangwang Central Primary School in Hanjiang District of Yangzhou.
They were on their way to Nanjing.
One student died at the scene, another student and a teacher
died on the way to the hospital, and a tour guide died later in
hospital. Six people are receiving treatment in the hospital and
two of them are in critical condition.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2007)