Packed bus plunges off bridge

A DOUBLE-decker bus packed with schoolchildren and commuters collided with a truck and plunged off a bridge in Hong Kong yesterday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 20 others.

Some passengers were thrown out of the vehicle and others were trapped inside as it fell more than 50ft onto a hillside.

Government helicopters buzzed over the scene as rescuers tied the injured to stretchers before forming a human chain and using ropes to pull them up the slope.