GUIYANG - Five people died, two were injured and one was missing after a van fell off a cliff in Southwest China's Guizhou province, rescuers said Sunday.
The van, with seven people on board, lost control and plunged off a 50-meter cliff into a pond in a village of Sanhe township of Zunyi county around 9:30 am Saturday, after being scratched by a truck from the opposite direction.
Rescuers brought ashore the van on Saturday afternoon, and they found that eight people including the seven in the van and one passer-by fell off the cliff.
The two injured have been hospitalized and the rescuers are still searching for the missing.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
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