BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Chinese media) -- China's Foreign Ministry
has demanded that the U.S. Embassy to China facilitate travel for the families
of those killed and injured in Friday's tour bus crash near the Hoover Dam in
Arizona.
An official walks by a fatal tour bus
accident that left seven Chinese tourists dead on US-93 near Dolan
Springs, Arizona January 30, 2009. (Chinese media/Reuters Photo)
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In a statement released Sunday, the ministry
confirmed that six Chinese nationals died and nine were injured, including one
from Hong Kong.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States and
Consulate General in Los Angeles immediately dispatched a team assist U.S.
authorities with treating the injured and investigating the accident.
In collaboration with the Shanghai municipal
government, the foreign ministry will send a task force to the United States to
help deal with the accident, the statement said.
The foreign ministry also notified the Hong Kong
Special Autonomous Region government, regarding the Hong Kong residents involved
in the crash.
Chinese tourists injured in Arizona
bus crash in stable condition
A lightly injured Chinese man (L) is
interviewed in Las Vegas, the United States, Jan. 31, 2009. The nine
Chinese tourists injured in a deadly tour bus crash in Arizona were mostly
in stable condition Saturday, according to hospital and Chinese Consulate
officials. A fatal tour bus accident happened one day before left six
Chinese tourists and a travel guide dead and seriously injuring 10 others
on U.S. 93 highway near Dolan Springs.(Chinese media Photo)
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LAS VEGAS, United States, Jan. 31 (Chinese media) -- The nine
Chinese tourists injured in a deadly tour bus crash in Arizona were mostly in
stable condition Saturday, according to hospital and Chinese Consulate
officials.
A tour bus carrying Chinese tourists
overturned Friday afternoon on a highway in Arizona near the Hoover Dam, killing
seven people and seriously injuring 10 others, including the bus driver.
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7 people confirmed dead in bus crash
near Las Vegas: official
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 (Chinese media) -- Seven Chinese tourists
have been killed in a tour bus accident near the Hoover Dam in Arizona, with at
least seven others seriously injured, a spokesman of the Chinese Consulate here
confirmed Saturday.
The accident occurred Friday afternoon when the tour bus
traveling to Las Vegas overturned on U.S. 93 highway about 40 kilometers south
of the Hoover Dam, according to Chen Shijie of the Chinese Consulate. Full story
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