Bus falls off bridge in China, killing 10 South Koreans
BEIJING — A bus carrying a group of South Koreans fell off a highway bridge in north-eastern China, killing 10 of them, officials said today (July 2).
Rescue workers search at the site of a traffic accident, where a bus fell off a bridge, in Ji'an, Jilin province, China, July 1, 2015. Photo: Reuters
BEIJING — A bus carrying a group of South Koreans fell off a highway bridge in north-eastern China, killing 10 of them, officials said today (July 2).
The accident took place yesterday after the vehicle left the north-eastern Chinese city of Ji'an and was about halfway to its destination of Dandong, which borders North Korea, the official Xinhua News agency said.
The Ji'an government said on its official microblog that 10 people died, all of them South Korean. Earlier state media reports had said two of the victims were Chinese.
South Korean officials said 26 South Koreans were on the bus as part of a 140-person delegation of mainly South Korean government employees.
They were in China to tour historical sites, including places where Korean independence fighters resisted Japan's colonial rule before the end of World War II, according to officials from the South Korean Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs.
The bus was part of a six-bus caravan, South Korean officials said.
Photos circulating online showed the bus resting on its top in shallow water under the bridge. AP
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