BEIJING -- Ten people have died and five were injured when a bus veered off a highway and fell into a river in southern China.

The Xinhua News Agency reported that four people were reported missing in the accident Monday morning in Guizhou province.

The state news agency says the 19-seat bus was travelling from Kaiyang county on the outskirts of the provincial capital to the Qiannan Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture when it went off a highway and into the river. </s> Beijing, Apr 17 At least 13 people were killed and six others injured today when a bus fell into a river from a bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, officials said today. The accident took place in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang, the county government said in a statement.

Start the conversation, or Read more at India.com. </s> At least 10 people were killed and five others injured on Monday when a bus plunged into a river in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. The accident took place in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang. The 19-seater bus, en route from Kaiyang to Weng’an county in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, veered off a road bridge and fell into the river, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Four persons were also reported missing in the accident. Rescue operations are underway, the report said. Fatal road accidents are a serious problem in China, where traffic regulations are often flouted. The country’s frequently overcrowded long-distance buses are prone to accidents, with individual incidents regularly causing dozens of deaths.

For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App now </s> Ten people have died and four are missing after a bus veered off a highway and fell into a river in southern China.

Another five people needed hospital treatment after the 19-seat bus crashed off the road in Kaiyang county on Monday morning, reports the Xinhua News Agency. </s> At least 13 people were killed and six others injured on Monday when a bus fell into a river from a bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, officials said.

The accident took place in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang, the county government said in a statement.

The 19-seater bus, en route from Kaiyang to Weng’an county in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, veered off a bridge and fell into the river, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

At least 13 people were killed and six others injured in the accident, the report said, adding that a probe has been launched into the accident.

Local police are holding several people in custody for questioning, it said.

Fatal road accidents are a serious problem in China, where traffic regulations are often flouted.

The country’s frequently overcrowded long-distance buses are prone to accidents, with individual incidents regularly causing dozens of deaths.

For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App now </s> A bus plunged off a bridge and into the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China, after a fight between the driver and a passenger who had missed her stop.

Rescuers lifted the wreckage from the river on Wednesday night. Thirteen bodies were recovered; two remained missing, according to the official Xinhua news agency
• Bus plunges into Chinese river after fight between driver and passenger </s> BEIJING — Authorities in China say at least 15 people have been killed and 44 injured in a highway pile-up.

The accident Saturday night happened after a heavy truck lost control and crashed into a line of vehicles waiting at a toll station in the northwestern province of Gansu.

Last week, 15 people were killed after a bus to plunged off a high bridge into China’s Yangtze River in the western city of Chongqing.

In that previous crash, an eight-second surveillance video released by police showed the driver and a passenger arguing and grappling with each other in the moments before the bus suddenly veered across oncoming traffic and off the bridge. </s> A bus has plunged off a large bridge spanning China’s Yangtze River, with state media saying two people were killed.

A bus has plunged off a large bridge spanning China’s Yangtze River, with state media saying two people were killed.

Two dead after bus plunges off bridge into China’s Yangtze River

Police say the bus suddenly veered into the wrong lane and collided with an oncoming car on Sunday before breaking through a guard rail and falling into the wide river in Chongqing in south-western China.

Divers and other rescue workers were searching for the passengers and driver.

Police said that more than 10 people were on the bus.

State broadcaster CCTV said that two people had been confirmed dead.

The cause of the accident is under investigation. </s> A bus has plunged off a large bridge spanning China's Yangtze River, with state media saying two people were killed.

Police say the bus suddenly veered into the wrong lane and collided with an oncoming car Sunday before breaking through a guard rail and falling into the wide river in Chongqing in southwestern China.

Divers and other rescue workers were searching for the passengers and driver. Police said that more than 10 people were on the bus.

State broadcaster CCTV said that two people had been confirmed dead.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Ten people have died, five are injured and four missing after a bus plunges into a river in China's Guizhou province.