21 dead and 16 injured after bus crashes into reservoir in southern China
- Vehicle appeared to have lost control and crossed to other side of the road before crashing, according to video posted online
- Passengers on bus included students who had just completed college entrance exams
Twenty-one people died and 16 people had been taken to hospital after a city bus they were travelling on crashed into a reservoir in southern China, local authorities said.
The accident occurred at noon on Tuesday in Anshun, Guizhou province, when the bus appeared to go out of control, cross to the opposite side of the road and crash into the Hongshan Reservoir, according to a video posted online.
More than 1,000 firefighters, police and divers, were sent to the crash site, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
Twelve of the passengers were students. Five died from the crash and seven were being treated for their injuries.
The driver, a 52-year-old local man with the surname Zhang, has also died in the crash. He has been driving the bus since 1997, Xinhua reported.
Out of the 21 who died, 20 were found dead at the scene and one died in the hospital.