Thirteen people were confirmed dead and 25 others injured in a traffic accident in northwest China's Qinghai Province, sources said Sunday.
The accident happened on December 6 in Guinan County, when a passenger bus with the Qinghai No. 1 Automobile Transportation Company taking 41 people veered off the zigzag mountain road at a sharp turn and fell into the valley 60 meters below.
Ten people died on the spot and two others died on the way to hospital, said sources with the a provincial emergency meeting on road safety supervision, which opened Sunday.
Operation failure of the driver is attributable to the accident.
The local traffic police will conduct a safety overhaul and intensify patrols and random checks on road to prevent serious traffic accidents from happening during the winter season, when roads are slippery with snow.
(People's Daily December 10, 2001)
