Overload causes deadly N China mine accident
Overload led to brake failure and a crash that killed 22 people and injured 28 others in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday, according to a preliminary investigation report.
The bus had not been inspected or registered and was operating in a mine tunnel on ramps not intended for transporting people, the report said.
The bus involved in the accident is parked inside a tunnel operated by the Yinman Mining Company in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, February 23, 2019. /CCTV News Photo
The incident occurred when the bus carrying 50 mine workers lost control and crashed into a wall inside a tunnel operated by the Yinman Mining Company.
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(Cover: One of the bus crash victims receiving medical treatment at a local hospital in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, February 24, 2019. / VCG Photo)