A view of victims after a bus accident in Dongping county, Shandong province, China, on this nonetheless picture obtained from a social media video posted on September 3, 2024. (Videograb through Reuters)
A bus crashed into a gaggle of scholars and their dad and mom at a faculty in jap China early Tuesday (September 3, 2024), killing 11 individuals and injuring 13, police stated.
The scholars and their dad and mom had been on the gate of a center faculty in Tai’an metropolis in jap Shandong province shortly earlier than 7:30 a.m., the Dongping county police division stated in a social media submit.
Six dad and mom and 5 college students had been killed, in response to the division. One of many injured is in vital situation, whereas the others are in secure situation.
The driving force was in police custody and the incident was underneath investigation, he stated.
The bus was specifically tailored to move college students, he stated, however he didn’t specify who was liable for working it. Many colleges contract such companies out to personal firms or people.
Faculty security, together with overloaded faculty buses and poorly designed buildings, has lengthy been an issue in China.
In 2017, a dozen individuals, together with 11 kindergarten college students, had been killed when a faculty bus crashed and burst into flames in a tunnel within the jap Chinese language metropolis of Weihai, additionally in Shandong province. The driving force, six Chinese language youngsters and 5 South Korean youngsters had been killed. It’s unclear whether or not the accident was deliberate or the results of unsafe driving.
China has cracked down on transportation risks, including automobile coaching and inspections.
In recent times, China has additionally seen quite a few instances of assaults on schoolchildren, usually involving knives or home made explosives. The suspects had been discovered to usually be harboring grudges and looking for revenge for private issues or in opposition to society at giant.
