Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2012 shows the wreckage of a tourist bus in a ravine after it veered off from a section of the State Highway 207 in the county-level city of Gaoping, administered by Jincheng City, north China's Shanxi Province. Fifteen people have been confirmed dead after the tourist bus plunged into a ravine Saturday morning in Shanxi, said local authorities.
Fifteen people have been confirmed dead after a tourist bus plunged into a ravine Saturday morning in north China's Shanxi Province, said local authorities.
The accident happened at 9:25 am at a section of the State Highway 207 in the county of Zezhou, administered by Jincheng City, according to the provincial traffic police authorities.
The 35-seat bus, carrying 34 people, was en route to Jinzheng City in Shanxi Province from neighboring Henan Province, said the authorities.
Nineteen people, including the driver and eighteen passengers, who were injured in the accident, had been sent to two local hospitals for treatment, said local authorities.
Among the injured, two were in critical conditions, 12 seriously injured and 5 slightly injured, according to local authorities.
All the passengers were tourists from the city of Yima in Henan Province, a survivor named Zhao Qini told Xinhua.
The bus is operated by the Transportation Corporation of Sanmenxia City in Henan.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
(Xinhua)
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