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Death toll rises to 35 after bus plunges into NW China valley (4)

(Xinhua)    09:21, May 16, 2015
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An injured passenger receives treatment at a hospital in Xianyang City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 15, 2015. The death toll of a road accident in Xianyang has increased to 35, local authorities said. The accident happened at 3:27 p.m., when a bus carrying 46 plunged 30 meters into a ravine in Chunhua county. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

XI'AN, May 15 -- The death toll of a road accident in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has increased to 35, local authorities said.

The accident happened at 3:27 p.m., when a bus carrying 46 plunged 30 meters into a ravine in Chunhua county, said an official with the county's publicity office.

Twenty five people lost their lives immediately. Others died later despite medical treatment.

Another 11 passengers are being treated in hospitals, five in critical condition.

The bus belonged to the Xiangban trading company in Xi'an, the provincial capital.


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(Editor:Zhang Qian,Bianji)

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