Tibet bus plunge kills Chinese tourists

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BBC Online :
A bus carrying Chinese tourists has plunged off a 10m (30ft) cliff in Tibet killing 44 people, state media say.
The bus crashed into two other vehicles before falling off the road, the Xinhua news agency quoted local officials as saying.
Images from the scene showed rescue workers recovering bodies from the overturned vehicle.
A number of others were hurt in the crash at 16:25 (08:25 GMT) in Nyemo County, 120km (75 miles) west of Lhasa.
Suitcases of tour bus passengers are piled up as rescuers work near an overturned bus, Aug 9 The passengers were mostly tourists from eastern China
China’s roads are among the most dangerous of any major country, according to the World Health Organization.

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