Truck collision kills school party in central China
( 2003-09-16 16:35) (Agencies)
Two teachers and four of
their students were among the seven people who died in a truck crash in Jiyuan
city, in the northwestern part of central China's Henan province, according to a
source with local police on Tuesday.
The accident occurred when the brakes failed on an overloaded truck which
smashed into a tricycle at 2:10 p.m. Monday on a section of downhill road near
Kejing town, and then collided with a minibus, killing all seven on board. The
dead were four students, two teachers and the driver.
The two drivers of the truck were injured, one seriously, and were in
hospital, police said.
The dead teachers and students were on their way to participate in a poetry
recitation contest in Jiyuan city.
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