Monday, 27 June 2016

At Least 35 People Killed After Bus Bursts Into Flames In China


Story out of Central China:

At least 35 people were killed and 11 injured when a bus crashed on a highway in central China Sunday and burst into flames, state media reported.

Huge clouds of thick black smoke billowed from the vehicle after the bus slammed into a roadside concrete barrier in Hunan province, video footage showed. One person was seen being dragged to safety.

Some passengers limped out of the bus covered in blood, the state news agency Xinhua reported.

Images recorded after the fire in Yizhang county was extinguished showed the charred bus totally destroyed and sitting atop a pile of ash.

A total of 55 people were on the vehicle, Xinhua cited local officials as saying. Cont.

Story from - Yahoo News/AFP
Image from - 我爱波音哈 - Wikimedia Commons
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