Nine killed after coach overturns

KUNMING: At least nine people were killed and 24 injured after a 47-seater coach overturned on an expressway in Nanhua county of Yunnan province, local authorities said.

Among the injured, one was in serious condition, according to a written statement by the Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture government.

The accident happened at 11.25pm on Saturday when the coach with 37 passengers aboard was heading towards Dali from Chuxiong.

All the injured were receiving treatment in local hospitals. Among them, two are Chinese French and one is Chinese Indonesian. The three were slightly injured, it said.

The cause of the accident remains unknown.

— Xinhua In good hands: A young boy who lost his parents in the accident being fed by a medical worker in a hospital at Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture.