Two tourists from the Republic of Korea (ROK) were killed in a road accident in northeast China on Thursday morning.

The accident took place around 9 a.m. when a tourist bus overturned in Ji'an of Jilin Province, said a border guard who took part in the rescue.

An unspecified number of injured people have been sent to hospital. The number of passengers on the bus is not available.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

(Xinhua News Agency September 25, 2008)