The death toll from the traffic accident in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has now risen
to 14, after doctors failed to save a severely injured patient,
sources with the local government reported on Wednesday.
The fatal accident occurred at approximately 9 AM on Tuesday. A
bus traveling from Zunyi, Guizhou Province to Dongguan, Guangdong Province with 55 passengers on board
collided head on with a truck coming in the opposite direction from
Cenxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Forty-seven people still remain in a local hospital. The
regional government has organized a team to investigate the
accident.
A passing motorcyclist reported that the collision also affected
him.
Further investigations are underway.
(Xinhua News Agency July 25, 2007)