School bus plunging into river, eight killed

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Updated: 2006-11-21 15:27

A minibus lies in the frozen river after the unlicensed school bus plunged off a bridge and into a river in Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang Province November 21, 2006. Eight students were killed and nine were critically injured in the accident. The accident happened in Shuangcheng, 50 km (30 miles) from Harbin, capital of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang. An initial investigation showed the owner of the bus did not have a licence to operate a school shuttle bus service. [Xinhua]