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Global Headlines 24 Chinese tourists injured in Canada bus mishap
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 06 Jun 2018, 12:04 pm Print
Ottawa: A bus carrying 37 Chinese tourists crashed on a highway leading to the Canadian capital of Ottawa on Monday, leaving at least 24 people injured, media reports said.
"The bus veered off highway 401 and crashed into a rock embankment near Prescott, Ontario, about 90 km south of Ottawa at around 3:30 p.m. local time (1930 GMT), according to local police," Xinhua news agency of China reported.
An emergency group found the bus in a ditch alongside the highway and no other vehicle was involved, the source told the news agency.
At least two helicopters, an aircraft and an ambulance reached the scene of the mishap, media reports said.
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