Off the wire
• Urgent: 3 killed in bus accident in Sweden  • China's top train maker receives order from India  • Chinese scientists explore all-weather solar cells  • Serbians head out to vote for new president  • Parliamentary elections kick off in Armenia  • 1st LD-Writethru: China shuts down 18 illegal live streaming apps  • Conflict-torn S. Sudan to raise oil production  • Israeli army seals Palestinian bookstore used for explosive manufacturing  • Landmine blast kills two children in southern Somalia  • 79 firms debut on China's New Third Board  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD Writethru: Three killed in bus accident in Sweden

Xinhua, April 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

Three people were killed and around 30 others were injured in a bus accident in central Sweden, Swedish Television reported on Sunday.

The accident occurred at about 7:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) Sunday morning when a school bus rolled over on a main highway between the town of Sveg and Fagelsjo in the northern region of Harjedalen, central Sweden.

Swedish Television quoted sources saying that the bus was carrying passengers on their way to a ski trip. There were 59 people onboard, including 52 pupils from a secondary school and seven adults.

Of the injured, six are in serious conditions, sources said.

Police said it was unclear what had caused the accident. Endi