12 killed in Yunnan minibus crash

Twelve people were killed after a minibus plunged off a road in southwest China's Yunnan province on Wednesday morning, local government said.

The bus veered off a rural road and plummeted 100 meters into a ditch at around 8:50 a.m. Wednesday in Malutang Township in the provincial capital of Kunming.

All 12 people on board died. Local authorities are investigating the accident.