Fifteen die in China school bus accident

13.12.2011 [13:40]
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Baku, December 13 (AZERTAC). Authorities in eastern China say 15 primary school children have been killed after the bus they were travelling in rolled into a river, in the latest fatal accident involving students.

The crash comes just days after China`s cabinet published draft regulations aimed at improving school bus safety after the deaths of 19 children in an overcrowded, nine-seater bus sparked a nationwide outcry.

The latest accident happened in Jiangsu province`s Shouxian town after dark on Monday evening, a local Communist Party committee spokesman told AFP.

"The bus rolled over into the river," said the spokesman.

"15 died in this accident, and I don`t know how many are in critical condition," he added.

He refused to say how many children were on the bus at the time but the official Xinhua news agency said the vehicle was carrying 29 students and had a maximum capacity of 52 people, so was not overloaded.

Fifteen die in China school bus accident

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