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Man charged in connection with Chinese tour bus crash in New Zealand

Xinhua, May 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

A 68-year-old New Zealand man will appear in court next week on charges relating to a road crash involving a bus carrying 31 Chinese tourists last year, New Zealand Police said Wednesday.

The man, from the South Island's Canterbury region, had been charged with injuring by unlawful act, said a Police statement.

The tour bus lost control and collided with a car travelling up the Otira Gorge, on the South Island's Arthur's Pass, before overturning and sliding into roadside barriers separating it from a ravine below on Dec. 31.

Detective Inspector Paul Borrell said in the statement that it was miraculous that no lives were lost as result of the incident.

Police had completed a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the crash and a person associated with the maintenance of the bus was being prosecuted.

Thirteen of the Chinese passengers suffered serious injuries requiring hospitalization and surgery, including fractures and internal injuries.

The car passengers, a visiting Swiss family of three, also sustained moderate to serious injuries.

All the injured had since returned to their home countries.

The man would appear at the Christchurch District Court on May 30. Endit