13 die as bus plunges off China cliff

A bus plunged off a cliff in southern China, killing 13 people and injuring five others.

The bus was travelling to Kaili, a city in Guizhou province, when it fell off the 820-foot cliff yesterday afternoon, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Eleven people died at the scene, and two more people died today of their injuries, the agency said.

Five others were still being treated.

The accident’s cause was under investigation.