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| An firefighter conducts a rescue operation at the site of an accident during which a bus fell into a ravine in the Daxian County of Dazhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 20, 2012. Five people were killed and 28 injured in the accident which occurred at about 9:30 a.m. on Thursday when a bus broke through a guardrail and overturned off a 50-meter-deep ravine in the Daxian County. An investigation into the cause of the accident is under way. (Xinhua) |
CHENGDU, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and 27 injured after a bus fell into a ravine in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday, authorities said.
The accident occurred at about 9:30 a.m. when a bus broke through a guardrail and overturned off a 47-meter-deep ravine in the Daxian County of Dazhou City, the provincial administration of work safety said in a statement.
Two of the 32 people aboard the 35-seat bus were killed at the scene, two died en route to hospital and one died at hospital after emergency treatment failed.
The rest 27, all injured, are being treated at three local hospitals.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.
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