10 killed in bus accident in China

Four persons were also reported missing in the accident and rescue operations are underway.

Update: 2017-04-17 08:04 GMT
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Beijing:  At least 10 people were killed and five others injured on Monday when a bus plunged into a river in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

The accident took place in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang.

The 19-seater bus, en route from Kaiyang to Weng'an county in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, veered off a road bridge and fell into the river, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Four persons were also reported missing in the accident. Rescue operations are underway, the report said. Fatal road accidents are a serious problem in China, where traffic regulations are often flouted.

The country's frequently overcrowded long-distance buses are prone to accidents, with individual incidents regularly causing dozens of deaths.

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