At least two people killed when a bus fell on the Yangtze in southwestern China



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At least two people died after the sinking of a Sunday morning bus on the Yantsé River, after falling from a bridge in the Chongqing Municipality (southwest China), according to the TV channel public CCTV.

According to the local police, the bus crashed with a car before diving into the Yangtze River, China's longest river, around 10:00 am local time (02:00 GMT), at Wanzhou District in Chongqing. , reclaims the Xinhua agency.

The state channel added that the local police and the maritime authorities have ordered that everything be done to save the potential survivors, although the number of passengers traveling aboard the bus is still not known.

The same source added that an investigation had been opened to clarify the cause of the accident.

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