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SW China traffic accident kills 8, injures 20
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-02 17:19
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GUIYANG: Eight people died and 20 were injured when a bus plunged off a hill in Southwest China's Guizhou province Monday, local authorities told Xinhua Tuesday.
A bus with 29 passengers and a driver plunged off the 100-meter-high hill at 11 am Monday on Provincial Highway 305 in Minxiao town in Jiangkou county in Tongren city of Guizhou.
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Two others died in hospital, the official said.
On Tuesday, all 20 injured were in a stable condition, the official said.
The municipal government had arrived at the county and county government officials were investigating the cause of the accident.
