A bus carrying 36 people veered from a road in heavy fog and crashed into a valley in western China, killing at least 15 people on Tuesday, state media reported.

The accident happened on Tuesday afternoon when the bus was travelling to a tourist spot near Changji city in the Xinjiang region, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

A Changji police official, who gave only his surname, Ma, confirmed the accident, but didn’t have any information about casualties.