Eleven people died and 19 others were injured after a coach
overturned on a highway Sunday morning in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local government sources
said.
The accident occurred at 7:10 AM in Fengxian County, 367
kilometers from the provincial capital Xi'an, when the bus carrying
30 passengers overturned, according to the county government.
The coach was heading from Mianyang City of southwest China's Sichuan Province to China's business hub of
Shanghai.
Nine people died on the scene, with 13 badly injured and eight
slightly injured. Two seriously injured passengers later died at
the hospital.
Three badly injured were still in critical condition as of 8:00
PM.
The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
(Xinhua News Agency March 5, 2007)