18 dead as bus plunges into lake in China

18 dead as bus plunges into lake in China

Eighteen people are dead after a bus plunged off a road and into a lake near the city of Ezhou in central China.

The bus driver has been detained and placed under investigation, state-run China Central Television reported on Friday.

Rescuers pulled the bus out of the water at a section of road near Miaoling township.
Twenty people were travelling on the bus at the time of the accident.

The official Xinhua news agency reported 17 dead in the crash.

One passenger died after being pulled from the vehicle, local news website cnhubei.com reported.
Weather reports warned of early-morning fog in central China when the accident occurred.
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