60 held liable for deadly accident

Sixty people, including a deputy mayor, have been punished for a serious expressway accident involving a bus that killed 36 people in August.

Among those punished, 28 people, including the bus contractor, Nie Dianzhou, are being investigated by police and prosecutors, the State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement on Wednesday.

The other 32 people, including Zhang Shimin, deputy mayor of Luoyang, Henan province, where the bus was registered, was reprimanded.