Seven people were killed and ten injured in a traffic accident
in northeast China's Jilin Province Wednesday, local police
authority said.
The tragedy occurred at 7:00?PM when a 42-seat shuttle bus
carrying 18 passengers overturned after the driver tried to avoid a
tractor at a bend in a road in the county of Liuhe, Tonghua
City.
The injured were all taken to hospital, and local government
officials and police officers are investigating the accident
further.
(Xinhua News Agency June 22, 2006)
