Eight people were killed and 19 others were injured after a tourist bus overturned and plunged into a valley in Yunnan Province on Sunday, local authorities said.
Twenty-seven people were aboard the bus when it plummeted into a valley on Mengjing Road in the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna at 12:40 pm, local officials said.
Eight people were confirmed dead at the scene of the accident.
An initial investigation indicated that the vehicle overturned due to a lack of traction caused by heavy rain.
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