China bus plunge kills 11 - Xinhua

BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters) Eleven people were confirmed dead today after a bus carrying more than 20 passengers plunged into a reservoir in east China, Xinhua news agency said.

The accident occurred in coastal Zhejiang province when the bus collided with a truck and fell more than 10 metres into the Pengxi reservoir and sank, Xinhua said.

Seven people had been rescued, but there was no accurate total number of the passengers on the bus, Xinhua said.

Last year, road accidents killed nearly 90,000 people in China, making its roads the world's deadliest.

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