11 dead after truck collides with bus in eastern China
- The accident happened when the truck crossed a central reservation in Jiangsu province in the early hours of Sunday
- Nineteen people were injured in the accident, which is now being investigated
Eleven people died and 19 people were injured after a truck and a bus collided in eastern China on Sunday, authorities said.
The accident happened in the early hours of Sunday, when the truck crossed the central divider in the middle of a highway in the eastern province of Jiangsu and collided with a bus traveling in the opposite direction, causing the latter to overturn.
The crash also caused two other trucks driving behind the bus to roll over as they attempted to avoid the accident, according to a statement by the traffic management bureau of China’s Ministry of Public Security, which is investigating the crash.
The passenger bus was travelling between Shanghai and Jiangsu, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are most often the cause of serious traffic accidents in China. In 2019, there were nearly 248,000 traffic accidents that resulted in nearly 63,000 deaths, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.