Fourteen individuals had been killed and 37 others injured after a bus crashed inside an expressway tunnel in northern China, state media reported Wednesday.
The accident occurred shortly after 2:30 pm native time (0630 GMT) Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing native authorities in Shanxi province.
The bus, which was carrying 51 individuals, rammed into the tunnel’s inside wall, the report mentioned.
State information company Xinhua confirmed the toll of these killed and injured in a separate report, with out offering particulars on the severity of the survivors’ situations.
The reason for the incident is now beneath investigation, Xinhua added.
Street accidents are frequent in China as a result of an absence of strict security controls.
In February of final yr, 16 individuals had been killed and dozens extra injured in a pile-up in central Hunan province.
The month earlier than that, 19 individuals died and 20 had been injured in a street accident in japanese Jiangxi province.
– S’Korean tanker capsizes –
5 individuals had been unaccounted for Wednesday after a South Korea-flagged chemical compounds tanker with 11 individuals on board capsized in tough seas off Japan, the coastguard mentioned.
Six members of the crew – which included two South Koreans, eight Indonesians and one Chinese language — had been rescued to date, and the coastguard is “nonetheless trying to find the remaining 5,” a spokesman instructed AFP.
The tanker was “carrying acrylic acid, however there isn’t a data but on whether or not that has leaked into the ocean,” he added, with out wishing to be named.
He mentioned he was not conscious of the situations of these rescued, who had been rushed to hospital.
Footage from Japanese broadcaster NHK confirmed the overturned pink hull of the ship in addition to a life raft, as a coastguard ship pounded by way of heavy waves and a helicopter flew overhead.
The crew notified the coastguard early on Wednesday that the vessel was tilting and requested assist close to the island of Mutsure, off Japan’s southwestern coast, NHK mentioned.
The Japan Coast Guard acquired a rescue name quickly after 7:00 am (2200 GMT Tuesday) saying that the ship it was “tilting, please assist us,” the spokesman mentioned.
NHK named the vessel the Keoyoung Solar, which specialist web site vesselfinder.com mentioned is a chemical and oil merchandise tanker in-built 1996, measuring 69 metres (226 ft) in size.
The ship’s operator declined to remark.
AFP
