Beijing: Six people, including five German tourists, were killed and 14 others were injured on Monday when a tourist bus crashed into rear of a container truck and caught fire near the Chinese capital, police said.
The bus, carrying a group of German tourists, was speeding on an expressway linking the capital with the neighboring port city of Tianjin when the accident happened on Monday morning, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Police said the tour group was organised by the Beijing-based China Youth Travel Service. The bus driver, a Chinese, died at the spot.
The identities of the other victims are still unknown. It is also unclear how many people were traveling in the bus.
Witnesses said they saw a few people escape from the flames. The injured passengers are being treated at the People’s Hospital in Tianjin’s Wuqing District.
The German Embassy here has sent personnel to Wuqing. (PTI)