China bus crash leaves 36 dead

26 August 2012 Last updated at 00:52 ET




At least 36 people have died after a sleeper-bus collided with a methane-laden tanker in northern China, state-run media say.
The two vehicles burst into flames after the accident in the city of Yanan in the middle of the night, Xinhua news agency reports.
It quoted local police as saying that three people survived the collision, but suffered injuries.
The cause of the accident in Shaanxi province is being investigated.
The two vehicles collided at about 0200 local time (1800 GMT Saturday) on the Baotou-Maoming motorway.
"Soon after the collision, the bus was engulfed by flames," local police

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