Beijing: At least 10 people were killed and five others injured on Monday when a bus plunged into a river in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
The accident took place in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang.
The 19-seater bus, en route from Kaiyang to Weng'an county in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, veered off a road bridge and fell into the river, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Four persons were also reported missing in the accident. Rescue operations are underway, the report said. Fatal road accidents are a serious problem in China, where traffic regulations are often flouted.
The country's frequently overcrowded long-distance buses are prone to accidents, with individual incidents regularly causing dozens of deaths.
