13 killed, 41 injured in central China crash

January 5th, 2012

BEIJING Thirteen people died and 41 others were injured when a truck collided with a bus in central China.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the accident occurred Tuesday morning on a highway in Hunan province after the truck went through a road divider and crashed into the bus that was on the opposite side.

The report cites a local government spokesman as saying nine people were killed at the scene while the other four died on the way to the hospital.

Road safety is a serious problem in China,Replica Ed hardy t-shirts, with many accidents caused by poorly maintained roads and bad driving habits.

Badly maintained school transport has been the focus of public anger in recent weeks after a series of accidents in which schoolchildren were killed.

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