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Bus Plunge Kills 15 in Southwest China
Chengdu Published in Saudi Press Agency on 07 - 08 - 2010

A bus plunged into a gorge in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday, killing 15 people and injuring another one, local authorities said.
The accident took place at about 3:15 p.m. on a mountain road in the Hongya County, in Meishan City, a spokesman with the Sichuan Provincial Work Safety Administration said.
An initial investigation showed that 16 people were aboard the bus when it crashed, Xinhua quoted the spokesman as saying.
Local authorities are investigating the cause of the accident, he added.

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