CHINA: Bus collides with truck in China killing one and injuring 23

Record ID: 1962230

  • Title: CHINA: Bus collides with truck in China killing one and injuring 23
  • Date: 8th August 2013
  • Summary: LISHUI CITY, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA (AUGUST 2, 2013) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE BUS WINDSHIELD CAMERA SHOWS THE ROAD AS THE BUS OVERTURNS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS BUS DRIVER STEERING/ BUS DRIVER FALLING OUT OF WINDOW/ PASSENGERS FALL OUT OF WINDOW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS PASSENGERS SITTING IN THE BUS/PASSENGERS THROWN OUT OF SEATS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS MAN STANDING NEXT TO BUS DOOR/ PASSENGERS AND OBJECTS FLYING ACROSS BUS DAMAGED BUS ON ITS SIDE/FIRE-FIGHTER WALKING/ OVERTURNED TRUCK COVERED OVERTURNED TRUCK/ DAMAGED FRONT OF THE TRUCK UNDERSIDE OF OVERTURNED TRUCK DAMAGED WINDSCREEN OF BUS/ OVERTURNED TRUCK
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  • Location: China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVABSBN38JFYRMQ6LFHG7QGTTMBY
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: At least one person was killed and 23 injured on Friday (August 2) after a bus collided with a truck on a highway in Lishui City in China's southern Zhejiang Province, state media reported.
    Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said the driver was reversing the bus when a truck drove into the back of it at 09:52 am local time (0152 GMT).
    CCTV broadcast footage from several security cameras located inside the bus showing passengers being thrown about, some falling out of the bus windows.
    CCTV reported that the truck driver was killed and another travelling in the truck injured. Twenty-two bus passengers sustained different degrees of injuries, CCTV added but did not provide information on the condition of the bus driver.
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