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Chinese boy, 4, dies after falling from kindergarten bus

Inquiry launched after it was revealed the minibus the boy was travelling in had been illegally modified to put stools in the back, newspaper reports

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Kinling Loin Beijing

Checks are to be carried out on all kindergarten buses in a town in northern China after a boy fell to his death from a nursery school minibus, according to a newspaper report.

The boy, aged four, died after falling from the vehicle in Ma Liu in Taiqian county in Henan province, the Dahe Daily reported.

The kindergarten minibus had been illegally modified to put 23 stools in the back for the children, according to the article.

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The accident happened last Wednesday after the boy left the kindergarten and he fell from the van only metres away from his home.

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His mother was reported as seeing something rolling on the road, but did not realise it was her son falling.

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