Fiery bus crash kills 5 tourists in China

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Peng Jianfeng / ReutersA tourist bus, seen through the window of a vehicle, catches fire after crashing with a truck on the Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway in Tianjin, China on October 1, 2012. China holiday crash kills five Germans as millions take to roadsReuters reports — A bus struck a container truck near Beijing and burst into flames on Monday,  killing five German tourists and a Chinese driver as motorists jammed roads at  the start of a week-long holiday.

Fourteen people were injured in the  mid-morning accident as the bus on the road linking the capital to the  neighboring city of Tianjin ran into the back of the truck, the official Xinhua  News Agency said.

Police were investigating the cause. Read the full story.

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[Folami David]

rest in peace those that were affected.what an awful accident