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Children killed in China bus crash

2011-12-13 26 Dailymotion

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At least 15 children lost their lives when a school bus overturned and plunged into a ditch in eastern China...these are the lucky ones.
Some parents at this hospital in Jiangsu province still don't know if their children are alive or dead.
Medical staff say most of the victims were unable to breathe.
SOUNDBITE: Sun Feng, head of rescue team at Fengxian County People's Hospital, saying (Mandarin):
"Most died from suffocation when the school bus flipped. They inhaled a large amount of dirty material and water in their lungs which caused oedema and suffocation."
There are conflicting reports of how many children were on the bus but none suggest it was overcrowded.
Xinhua news agency put the figure at 29.
The accident is the latest in a series that have unleashed public fury across China.
Rural areas of the country especially are notorious for transporting children in packed, ageing and poorly maintained vans and trucks.
Paul Chapman, Reuters