A coach fell into the Huangbai River Bridge in Yichang. All the passengers are employees of the oil extraction plant

by chinale on 2008-07-13 09:17:48

Yichang special electric of Golden Newspaper, Zhou Soujiang and Gao Bingxi reported: Yesterday afternoon at 1:40 pm, a medium-sized tourist bus of Tianwen Travel Agency in Jingzhou with the license plate number E D13806 fell into the river under the Huangbai River Bridge after breaking the railings when it was traveling from the Xikou Scenic Area to the urban area of Yichang. There were a total of 20 people on the bus. By last night, 11 people had been successfully rescued, 4 were missing, and another 5 had died. At present, relevant authorities are still making every effort to search for the missing people. After the accident, Yichang quickly activated the emergency plan to make an all-out search and rescue for the missing people and treat the injured.