Bus careens off bridge in China: 30 die
Ap, Beijing
A bus careened off a bridge and plunged nearly 100 feet into a river Sunday, killing 30 people in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, a government news agency said. Another 20 passengers were injured in the accident and were being treated in a local hospital, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The packed bus had driven through a guardrail of the bridge that spans Chongqing's Jialing River on Sunday afternoon, it said. China's roads are among the world's deadliest. Overloading of vehicles, reckless driving and poor road conditions are frequent causes of fatal accidents.
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