China school bus crashes into crowd, kills 11

BEIJING, Sep 3: A school bus ploughed into a crowd of people outside a middle school in eastern China on Tuesday, killing 11 parents and students, state media reported.
State broadcaster CCTV said the driver "lost control" of the vehicle as it approached the school in Shandong province's Tai'an city at 7:27 am (2327 GMT Monday).
The bus ran into a group of parents and children on the side of the road, according to CCTV.
"As of now, (the incident) has caused the deaths of 11 people, of whom six were parents and five were students," the broadcaster reported in an update just after 11:30 am.
It said one other person was in a "critical" condition, while the vital signs of another 12 people were "stable".    —AFP