BEIJING -- Ten people have died and five were injured when a bus veered off a highway and fell into a river in southern China.

The Xinhua News Agency reported that four people were reported missing in the accident Monday morning in Guizhou province.

The state news agency says the 19-seat bus was travelling from Kaiyang county on the outskirts of the provincial capital to the Qiannan Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture when it went off a highway and into the river. </s> Beijing, Apr 17 At least 13 people were killed and six others injured today when a bus fell into a river from a bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, officials said today. The accident took place in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang, the county government said in a statement.

Start the conversation, or Read more at India.com. </s> At least 10 people were killed and five others injured on Monday when a bus plunged into a river in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. The accident took place in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang. The 19-seater bus, en route from Kaiyang to Weng’an county in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, veered off a road bridge and fell into the river, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Four persons were also reported missing in the accident. Rescue operations are underway, the report said. Fatal road accidents are a serious problem in China, where traffic regulations are often flouted. The country’s frequently overcrowded long-distance buses are prone to accidents, with individual incidents regularly causing dozens of deaths.

For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App now </s> Ten people have died and four are missing after a bus veered off a highway and fell into a river in southern China.

Another five people needed hospital treatment after the 19-seat bus crashed off the road in Kaiyang county on Monday morning, reports the Xinhua News Agency. </s> At least 13 people were killed and six others injured on Monday when a bus fell into a river from a bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, officials said.

The accident took place in Kaiyang, an outer county of the provincial capital Guiyang, the county government said in a statement.

The 19-seater bus, en route from Kaiyang to Weng’an county in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, veered off a bridge and fell into the river, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

At least 13 people were killed and six others injured in the accident, the report said, adding that a probe has been launched into the accident.

Local police are holding several people in custody for questioning, it said.

Fatal road accidents are a serious problem in China, where traffic regulations are often flouted.

The country’s frequently overcrowded long-distance buses are prone to accidents, with individual incidents regularly causing dozens of deaths.

For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App now </s> A bus plunged off a bridge and into the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China, after a fight between the driver and a passenger who had missed her stop.

Rescuers lifted the wreckage from the river on Wednesday night. Thirteen bodies were recovered; two remained missing, according to the official Xinhua news agency
• Bus plunges into Chinese river after fight between driver and passenger
Ten people have died, five are injured and four missing after a bus plunges into a river in China's Guizhou province.