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School vehicle accident death toll rises to 14

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-12-27 19:26

CHANGSHA -- The death toll from a school vehicle accident in central China's Hunan Province has risen to 14 after four injured kids died in hospital and the one missing was also found dead, local authorities said.

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A three-wheeler taking primary school children to school plunged into a creek at 7:30 am in Songjiang Township, Hengyang City, leaving nine children dead at the scene, 10 injured and one missing, said a spokesman with the city government's information office.

The police are still investigating the cause of the accident, but the spokesman said the weather was very foggy when the tricar fell into the river.

The injured children are still being treated in hospital.