A collision involving an overloaded school bus and a coal truck in northwest China on Wednesday left over a dozen people dead. The accident happened in Yulinzi township, Gansu province.
Officials say the 9-seat bus was overloaded with 64 passengers, the majority of them 5 and 6-year-olds going to Yulinzi's Little Doctor Kindergarten, when it collided head-on with a coal truck. Eighteen children and two adults died. The school bus driver and a teacher were among the dead. Another 44 children were injured, with at least 12 of them in serious condition.
An official with a local work safety bureau blamed overloading for the accident. No other details were available.
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