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Fourteen
people were killed and 37 others injured after a bus crashed inside an
expressway tunnel in northern China, state media reported Wednesday.
The accident occurred shortly after 14:30 local time (06:30 GMT) Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing local authorities in Shanxi province.
The bus, which was carrying 51 people, rammed into the tunnel's interior wall, the report said.
State news agency Xinhua confirmed the toll of those killed and injured in a separate report, without providing details on the severity of the survivors' conditions.
The cause of the incident is now under investigation, Xinhua added.
Fourteen people were killed and 37 others injured in a passenger bus crash in north China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday, according to local authorities pic.twitter.com/XJcSDyLQZV
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) March 20, 2024
Road
accidents are common in China due to a lack of strict safety controls.
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In February of last year, 16 people were killed and dozens more injured in a pile-up in central Hunan province.
The month before that, 19 people died and 20 were injured in a road accident in eastern Jiangxi province.
