18 Preschoolers Killed In China On A Bus With 9 Seats Packed With 64 People Inside

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How in the heavens did they fit 64 kids in a bus built for 9??? And why would they put 64 kids on a bus built for 9???

At least 18 kindergarten kids and two adults were killed Wednesday when a school bus with just nine seats but crammed with 64 people crashed on its way to class in western China, state media reported. Authorities blamed overloading for the accident in which the bus collided head-on with a truck in China’s Gansu province, Xinhua News Agency said.

News of the crash ignited public anger across China, highlighting an underfunded education system that especially shortchanges students in remote areas. Two adults — the driver of the minibus and a teacher at the kindergarten — also died in the accident, said an official surnamed Fan, the director of the emergency office of the Gansu provincial work safety bureau. The bus had nine seats, but Fan said it was jammed with 62 children and two adults when it collided with the truck.

Four children and the bus driver died at the scene, said Fan. Gao Shaobo, head of traffic police in Zhengning county, where the school is located, later said that 20 people had died and 44 were still hospitalized — two in critical condition and 12 with serious injuries.

The 18 young victims were on their way to Little Doctor Kindergarten in Qingyang city when the accident happened at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday (8:40 p.m. ET), Xinhua said. It earlier said the kindergarten was called Yulinzi Township Kindergarten. The bus was run by the kindergarten, Xinhua said, citing Li Yuanqing, a press official with Zhengning County government. “We are doing all we can to reassure the parents,” said a local government official, who, like many Chinese would give only his surname, Gao.

This is so sad. R.I.P. to those little babies.

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