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Eight kindergarten children and three adults died in central Eight kindergarten children and three adults died in central China after the minivan they were in crashed into a pond, state media reported.
China after the minivan they were in crashed into a pond, state media The bus had been returning the children home from school Thursday in a mountainous village near the capital city of Hunan province when it went into the pond, the Xinhua news agency said.
reported. The minivan was pulled out of the pond early on Friday with the children and a driver inside. The bodies of two teachers were found an hour later.
The bus had been returning the children home from school Thursday in a The minivan had been carrying 11 passengers even though it had only seven seats, Xinhua reported, citing the father of one of the children as saying it was common for the van to be overloaded.
mountainous village near the capital city of Hunan province when it went
into the pond, the Xinhua news agency said.
The minivan was pulled out of the pond early on Friday with the children
and a driver inside. The bodies of two teachers were found an hour
later.
The minivan had been carrying 11 passengers even though it had only seven
seats, Xinhua reported, citing the father of one of the children as saying it was common for the van to be overloaded.
An investigation was under way, the agency said.An investigation was under way, the agency said.
Overcrowding on buses is common in China. Two years ago 19 Overcrowding on buses is common in China. Two years ago 19 children died when a makeshift school bus for a kindergarten collided head-on with a truck. The bus had been converted from a nine-seat freight van but was carrying 64 people at the time.
children died when a makeshift school bus for a kindergarten collided The crash caused public uproar about school bus safety in rural China, where there is a shortage of education funds and children are often forced to travel far to get an education because of school closures.
head-on with a truck. The bus had been converted from a nine-seat
freight van but was carrying 64 people at the time.
The crash caused public uproar about school bus safety in rural China,
where there is a shortage of education funds and children are often
forced to travel far to get an education because of school closures.