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CHINA-COACH-ACCIDENT
Death toll rises to 6 after coach slips into icy river in China
CHANGCHUN, Dec 21, 2019 (BSS/XINHUA) – The death toll in a coach accident
has increased to six after the vehicle with 37 people on board slipped into
an icy river in Tonghua, northeast China’s Jilin Province, Saturday morning.
The injured have been rushed to hospital, and the cause of the accident is
being investigated.
The long-distance coach was en route from Shenyang, capital of Liaoning
Province, to the city of Linjiang, Jilin, when it suddenly veered off the
road in Tonghua, at 9:43 a.m., and was partly submerged by the water.
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