Seven people were killed and another 15 were injured in a
traffic accident in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, said a local official
on Tuesday.
The accident occurred at 10:50?AM when a bus with 22 people
on board overturned and fell into a river as it wound along the
mountain road in the Guofu Township of Qijiang County.
The 15 injured people, including the bus driver and two
children, are all in hospital and one of them is in serious
condition.
The bus driver blamed a steering wheel failure but police are
still investigating the cause of the accident.
(Xinhua News Agency October 11, 2006)
