VIENTIANE, Laos, Aug 20 (NNN-KPL) – At least 14 people were killed, 30 others injured and eight remained missing, in a bus crash in northern Laos, the Lao police said, on Monday.
The crash happened when a tour bus, carrying 43 Chinese tourists, one Chinese tour assistant and two Lao nationals, including the driver and a tour guide, skidded off a road, between the capital Vientiane and the northern town of Luang Prabang, the police said.
Eight bodies of the victims were found in the wreckage of the bus, and the crash was probably caused by a brake failure, according to the police.
Staff from the Chinese Embassy in Laos and the Chinese Consulate-General in Luang Prabang, are now on their way to the crash site.– NNN-KPL
