37 injured

14 dead in China in bus accident in highway tunnel

A dozen people died in a serious bus accident in a highway tunnel in China on Tuesday afternoon. A total of 51 people were on the bus.

The state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday that 14 people were killed and 37 injured when a bus collided with the tunnel wall on the G59 highway in the northern province of Shanxi. It is not yet clear how the collision occurred on Tuesday afternoon (local time).

Cause of accident still completely unclear
The scene of the accident was near the city of Linfen, around 360 kilometers away from the megacity of Xi'An, where the world-famous Terracotta Army is located. Rescue workers took the injured to nearby hospitals. According to the information provided, the bus was from Henan province. The media did not provide any information on further damage in the tunnel.