Dozen feared dead as bus falls in reservoir

BEIJING - A bus carrying more than 20 passengers plunged into a reservoir in east China on Friday and a about a dozen people were missing, feared dead, Xinhua news agency said.

The accident occurred in Taishun county in coastal Zhejiang province when the bus collided with a truck and fell more than 10 metres into the Pengxi reservoir and sank, Xinhua said.

Seven people had been rescued but the others were feared dead, it said.

- REUTERS