INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A bus crashed into a group of students and their parents at a school in eastern China early Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring 13,
a.m., the Dongping county police department said in a posting on social media.Six parents and five students were killed, it said
One of the injured was in serious condition while the others were listed as stable, the department said.The driver was in police custody and
the incident was under investigation, it said.The bus was specially customized for transporting students, it said
It did not say who was responsible for operating the bus
Many schools contract out such services to private companies or individuals.School safety, including overloaded school buses and poorly
designed buildings, has long been a problem in China.In 2017, a dozen people, including 11 kindergarten pupils, were killed when a school
bus crashed and burst into flames in a tunnel in the eastern Chinese city of Weihai, also in Shandong province
The driver, six Chinese children and five South Korean children were killed
It remains unclear whether the crash was deliberate or the result of unsafe driving.China has cracked down heavily on transportation
dangers, adding training and vehicle inspections.China also has suffered numerous cases in recent years of attacks on school children, often
using knives or homemade explosives
The suspects were generally found to be bearing grudges and seeking revenge over personal matters or against society more generally.Source:
