• A day prior to the accident, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council published draft regulations aimed at improving school bus safety, a move sparked by a nationwideoutcry following the deaths of 20 children in an overcrowded, nine-seat bus.
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• The accident occurred around 6 pm on Monday when the busoverturned into a river. Twenty-nine pupils were aboard at the time, a publicity official from the city of Xuzhou, told China Daily.
• As of 11:30 pm on Monday, 12 pupils had died and 11 were injured, including three severely, Zhang said.The bus driver only suffered minor injuries.
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The school bus of Jiangsu FengXian rollover accident
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15 students killed as bus rolls into river
• BEIJING - At least 15 pupils were confirmed dead after a school bus rolled over in Xuzhou, East China's Jiangsu province.