Ten killed in fatal bus accident in southeast China
15:32, 5 February 2011
BEIJING. February 5. KAZINFORM Ten people were killed after a bus overturned and fell into a water reservoir in southeast China, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
The accident occurred in the city of Shaowu in southeast China's Fujian province on Friday afternoon when a driver apparently tried to avoid a motorbike.
The driver lost control of his vehicle and the bus plunged into the Qianling Hydropower Station reservoir, the news agency said.
Another nine people have been rescued. A search for two other people is underway. The search operation involves 200 police and rescuers.