The death toll from a bus accident in southern Guangdong
Province rose to twelve after another injured passenger has been
confirmed dead in hospital, the Guangdong-based New Express
Daily reported on Tuesday.
The speeding bus rear-ended a tanker at 1:45 a.m. on Jan 7 and
then careered into another bus coming the other way on an
expressway in Zhanjiang.
Ten people died instantly and 39 others, including the driver of
the first bus surnamed Feng, were injured, 11 seriously. In the
evening the same day, one of the injured died in hospital.
A combination of overloading, speeding and driver fatigue was
blamed for the accident.
The Guangxi-registered bus was approved to hold 39 passengers
but it had 57 on board when the accident happened, according to
traffic police.
The driver Feng is under police surveillance in hospital.
(Xinhua News Agency January 15, 2008)