One tourist from Taiwan was killed and seven others were injured from a bus collision in east China's Shandong Province on Sunday morning, local government said.
The dead is a 52-year-old woman called Fu Hsueh Chi and her husband was also on board when the accident happened at 9:25 AM on Sunday in the Changqing District of Jinan, the provincial capital, said Li Tao, an official with the Taiwan affairs office under the municipal government of Jinan.
The injured, three men and four women, were first sent to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment after the accident and they were later transferred to the Central Hospital of Jinan, according to Li.
"Most of them suffered from fracture, but they are all out of danger," Li said, adding the provincial health department has set an expert team to treat the injured.
The bus carrying the 16-member tourist group from the island province crushed head-on a bus on its way from Jinan to the city of Qufu, or the hometown of Chinese philosopher Confucius.
"Police said the slippery road after rain might be attributed to the cause of the accident," said Li.
The tourists are from Taipei and the Miao Li county in northwest Taiwan and the provincial government has informed the families of the victims.
"One of the dead's family members is expected to arrive in Jinan at night and more are expected to come tomorrow," said Li.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.
(Xinhua News Agency July 16, 2007)
