Salvagers have retrieved two more dead bodies from a river in
southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, bringing the death
toll in Friday's road accident to 15, the local rescue headquarters
confirmed Saturday.
Rescuers said among the dead were 10 men, four women and a
one-year-old girl.
A bus carrying 24 people veered off a highway linking Tibet's
regional capital Lhasa with the Gonggar Airport at 10:00?AM
Friday and plunged into the Lhasa River.
By Saturday, nine people have survived, including the
driver.
The bus is owned by a private passenger transport company in
Tibet.
Investigation is going on, but the local traffic police said the
accident was probably caused by a mechanical failure.
(Xinhua News Agency April 23, 2006)
