At least 12 people were killed and eight others injured when
their bus fell into a ravine in central China's Hubei Province on Friday, the local work
safety authority said.
The accident occurred at 7:15?AM on Friday when a 32-seat
passenger bus with 20 people on board fell into a 20-meter-deep
ravine in Chongyang County, Xianning City.
Four of the eight injured suffered serious wounds.
Officials with the local government and traffic authority have
rushed to the site of the accident. The cause of the accident is
being investigated.
(Xinhua News Agency June 24, 2006)
