According to the website of the Ministry of Public Security, at around 23:00 on August 10, a bus crashed into the tunnel entrance of the tunnel at the Ankang section of the Beijing-Kunming Expressway in Shaanxi Province, killing 36 people in the car and injuring 13 people. At present, the injured have been sent to a local hospital for treatment and the accident investigation is underway. According to preliminary understanding, the accident vehicle was a passenger vehicle operated by Henan, and was sent from Chengdu to Luoyang .
Shaanxi Radio and Television Station News Center Interview Department, at 23:34 on August 10, a bus with a license plate number Yu C88858 (Red Yutong Bus, which was released on December 19, 2011, and the inspection validity period is until January 31, 2018. The owner of the motor vehicle is Luoyang Transportation Group Co., Ltd., with 51 people loaded and 49 people loaded) drove from Chengdu to Luoyang, passing through the south exit of Qinling No. 1 Tunnel in Xi'an direction of the Beijing-Kunming Expressway, and crashed into the tunnel entrance and caused a traffic accident. At present, 49 people have been rescued from the accident on the scene, of which 36 have died (34 adults, 26 males, 8 females, and 2 children, males and females). All 13 injured have been sent to nearby hospitals for treatment.
It is reported that the injured in the accident was sent to hu County Forestry Hospital. Currently, the Western Han Expressway Xi'an to Hanzhong direction, and the vermilion Bird mouth is temporarily closed. Passing vehicles, please detour National Highway 108. Temporary traffic control in Qinling Service Area B and forestry parking area, the accident is still under treatment. After the accident, Guo Shengkun, the State Councilor and Minister of Public Security, attached great importance to it and immediately made instructions, requiring the cause of the accident to be quickly identified and the best efforts to rescue the injured. He also sent a working group led by Huang Ming, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security, to rush to the scene to guide the investigation and handling of the accident.
Source: CCTV News, China News Network