The cause of the accident is being investigated. The bus driver has been arrested.
In the eastern part of China, at least 11 people have died when a school bus plunged into a crowd, according to the state-run public broadcaster CCTV.
According to CCTV, the school bus driver lost control of the vehicle outside the middle school and the bus crashed into a group of children and their parents. The accident happened early Tuesday morning in the city of Tai’an in Shandong province.
Five of the dead were students and six were parents. In addition, one person was reported to be seriously injured. Twelve others received minor injuries.
Pictures and videos from the crash site were quickly uploaded to social media.
– I too would have died if I had stood still. Fortunately, I ran away quickly, summarizes the woman’s voice in one of the videos.
The 55-year-old driver of the school bus has been arrested and the events are being investigated.
In many schools in China, the new school year has started or will start this week.
In China, bad traffic accidents happen relatively often, because the traffic is very busy and traffic rules are not always followed.
In July, a car rammed into pedestrians, killing eight people in the central Chinese city of Changsha. Five people were injured.