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At least 5 die after bus falls off cliff in C China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-30 22:26

WUHAN - At least five people were confirmed dead after a bus fell off a cliff in central China's Hubei Province Friday afternoon, local authorities said.

The accident occurred at about 6 pm on the No. 325 provincial highway near Wufeng County, Yichang City.

The county government has yet published the exact number of passengers on the bus. Rescue work is underway.