A fatal traffic accident killed nine people and injured 15
others in southwest China's
Guizhou Province on Monday, said sources with the provincial
administration of production safety.
The accident occurred at 5:50?PM on Monday in Sinan County
when a bus with 49 passengers aboard overturned and dropped down 29
meters to the foot of a slope.
The bus was heading for Jiangmen City in south China's
Guangdong Province from Sinan County when the accident took
place,sources said.
Seven people were killed on the spot, and two others died
laterin a local hospital. Three people were badly injured while
another12 sustained minor injuries.
All the passengers are migrant rural workers who want to seek
jobs in Guangdong Province, a southern economic powerhouse, the
sources said.
(Xinhua News Agency February 21, 2006)