SINGAPORE: At least 15 people have been reportedly killed after a tourist bus they were riding in northern China's Shanxi province tumbled 50 meters into a ravine, the country's state media reported on Saturday. The bus was carrying 34 people when it veered off a road in Gaoping county near Jincheng city, state radio reported. Chinese news websites quoted the report saying 13 injured people were rescued following the accident, leaving six people missing. The bus was operated by a state-run firm from Sanmenxia city in neighbouring Henan province. It was en route to Henan's Jiyuan city when it crashed, official Xinhua news agency quoted traffic police as saying. The reports gave no details of injuries suffered by the survivors. The tourism industry in China has continued to suffer from accidents and incidents that have left a number of local, regional and international tourists dead in recent months. The government says it is implementing a new series of more stringent laws in order to avoid such accidents from occurring in the future. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/1MOTr Tags: Accident, Bus, China, Shanxi, Tourism Section: East Asia, Latest News, Travel
