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Alice Yan

A major rescue operation was under way in southwest China on Sunday after a bus plunged off a bridge into the deep waters of the Yangtze River following a head-on collision with a car.
Two bodies were pulled from the water that afternoon, state media reported, as rescue operations continued.
Chongqing police said more than a dozen people had been on board at the time of the accident.
Divers had located the wreckage of the bus 65 metres (215ft) below the river surface, news portal Thepaper.cn reported.

The Ministry of Emergency Management said the local fire service had deployed 50 firefighters, five fire engines and two rescue boats to the scene.
A floating crane with a maximum 60-tonne capacity was also being used to help retrieve the bus, Sichuan Daily reported.

The No 22 bus is thought to have collided head-on with a car on Yangtze River No 2 Bridge in the city’s Wanzhou district about 10am on Sunday and then crashed through the barriers.
Chongqing police said in a late afternoon statement that an initial investigation suggested the bus had suddenly veered into the opposite lane and hit the car.
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Based on interviews with witnesses and surveillance camera recordings, the police said more than a dozen people were on board at the time of the crash.
The investigation is still ongoing, and state media reported that a bus of a similar size had been brought onto the bridge to recreate the course of events.

Earlier, a witness told Chongqing Youth Daily that a red car had been travelling on the wrong side of the road at the time of the accident and the Thepaper.cn reported the driver had been detained, but police later said the car was driving normally.
Video footage taken at the scene by local residents show that a section of the barrier had been smashed. There was no sign of any wreckage from the bus, just oil on the surface of the water.



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Fears for missing passengers after Chinese bus plunges off bridge into Yangtze River

The bus appeared to have crashed through the barriers after the collision with the car and plunged 65 metres to the bottom of the river. Photo: Sina.com.cn

(181028) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 28, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2018 shows rescuers working at the accident site in Wanzhou District, southwest China's Chongqing. One person has died following the collision of a private car and bus which then plunged into the Yangtze River, police said Sunday, adding they have put the driver of the private car under police watch. The body of one of the bus passengers was retrieved from the river by rescuers. The number of passengers on the bus is not yet known. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao) (hxy)

(181028) -- CHONGQING, Oct. 28, 2018 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 28, 2018 shows rescuers working at the accident site in Wanzhou District, southwest China's Chongqing. One person was confirmed dead after a bus plunged into the Yangtze River Sunday morning from a bridge in Chongqing Municipality, local authorities said. According to the local traffic police, the No. 22 bus crashed with a car before it plunged into the Yangtze River, China's longest river, at around 10 a.m. Sunday. The number of passengers on the bus is not immediately known. Rescue work is under way. (Xinhua) (hxy)

This screen grabs photo from CCTV, shows a bus fell off a bridge in Chongqing into Yangtze River Sunday morning. Casulties to be determined. October 28, 2018 Chongqing. Photo: CCTV

October 28, 2018 Chongqing: A bus fell off a bridge in Chongqing into Yangtze River Sunday morning. Casulties to be determined. Photo: news.sina.com.cn

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Two bodies found after bus with around a dozen passengers on board crashed
Rescuers find wreckage of vehicle 65 metres below surface of Yangtze River




Two bodies found after bus with around a dozen passengers on board crashed.



Fears for missing passengers after Chinese bus plunges off bridge into Yangtze River

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} Two bodies found after bus with around a dozen passengers on board crashed Rescuers find wreckage of vehicle 65 metres below surface of Yangtze River

Two bodies found after bus with around a dozen passengers on board crashed

Rescuers find wreckage of vehicle 65 metres below surface of Yangtze River