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Dozen feared dead as China bus falls in reservoir

10 Aug 2007 03:47:28 GMT
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BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters) - A bus carrying more than 20 passengers plunged into a reservoir in east China on Friday and a about a dozen people were missing, feared dead, Xinhua news agency said.

The accident occurred in Taishun county in coastal Zhejiang province when the bus collided with a truck and fell more than 10 metres (more than 30 feet) into the Pengxi reservoir and sank, Xinhua said.

Seven people had been rescued but the others were feared dead, it said.

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