One killed, one injured in Chongqing bus accident

One passenger was killed and another seriously injured in a bus accident in Chongqing's Chengkou county on Wednesday, local authorities said.

At around 4:10 pm on Wednesday, a bus with 20 passengers fell into a ditch along the Caojiaba section of the S301 provincial expressway in Chengkou.

The local government has immediately organized forces to the scene for rescue work and to tend to the wounded.

Further investigation is underway.

Chengkou, located at the southern foot of Daba Mountains and in the northeast of Chongqing, is 1,200 meters above sea level.