Bus crash kills police officer

A police officer was killed when a bus ran into the back of his patrol car in downtown Beijing on Friday afternoon, according to the police.

The collision happened around 1:30 pm at a crossroads on the East Third Ring Road, near the Sanlitun shopping area. The bus smashed into the back of the police car and then stopped, coming to rest on top of the car. Another bus in front of the two vehicles was also damaged in its rear, according to witnesses.

The officer who was killed worked in the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau's Chaoyang district bureau and was performing his duties when the accident happened, according to a post on the police bureau's official micro blog on Friday evening.