Bus Plunges Into Reservoir in China, at Least 21 Dead

Rescue workers are seen at the site where a bus carrying students plunged into a reservoir, in Anshun, Guizhou province, China, on July 7, 2020. China Daily via Reuters

BEIJING—A public bus carrying students to an exam plunged into a reservoir in China on Tuesday after making a sudden swerve across five other lanes of traffic, leaving at least 21 dead and 16 injured, a video on state media showed.

The video on CCTV’s social media account showed the bus moving at a slow pace on the inside lane of its side of the road before it made a 90-degree turn and smashed through the guardrail onto the other side of the six-lane dual carriageway and into the water.

CCTV said some of the passengers on the public bus were students scheduled to take the “gaokao,” or national college entrance examination.

The cause of the incident in Anshun in the southwestern Guizhou Province is under investigation, state media reported.

It was not immediately clear how many people had been on board the bus or how many of them were students.

The Epoch Times obtained a list of the injured who were sent to the local Anshun 73 Hospital. Among 15 patients, there was one male 13-year-old, one male 17-year-old, one female 17-year-old, and one female 14-year-old.

State media showed photos of the bus half-submerged in the water by the side of the road as recovery efforts continued.

The Epoch Times contributed to this report.