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E China bus crash kills 4, including 2 Koreans

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-02 15:49

FUQING, Fujian -- Four people, including two Koreans, died in the traffic accident in Fuqing City, in east China's Fujian Province Wednesday.

The two Koreans were Baek Seung Ho and Kim Young Soo, while the other two victims came from China's Jilin and Fujian provinces, according to police in Fuqing City.

A minibus, with six people aboard, collided with a passenger bus at about 9:15 a.m. at a section of the No. 305 road in Fuqing City.

Four people aboard the minibus, including two Koreans, a driver and a man from Jilin, were killed at the scene and two other Koreans were injured, said the publicity department of the municipal government of Fuzhou, the provincial capital.

The injured Koreans were Park Byoung Jun and Lim Jong Dae, who have been sent to a nearby hospital.

No one on the passenger bus was injured and the driver has been detained by police for questioning.

Police, work safety supervision and health authorities have set up a team to investigate into the accident.