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14 killed in bus oveturn in south China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-13 21:00
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GUANGZHOU - At least 14 people have been killed after a passenger bus overturned Saturday in south China's Guangdong Province, local officials said.

The accident happened at around 1 pm in Huizhou City. Thirteen people died on the scene and one died later in hospital when treatment failed, said publicity officials with the Huizhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Nine people were injured. One of the two seriously hurt was still in critical condition, said publicity officials.

Xie Daoxian, 44, was driving the bus with 57 passengers from Dingnan County of east China's Jiangxi Province to Guangdong's Shenzhen City when the bus hit the median and overturned.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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