SHANGHAI, Feb. 1 (Chinese media) -- The Shanghai Tourism Administration Sunday published the names of seven Chinese killed and eight injured in Friday's bus crash on a highway near the Hoover Dam in the U.S. state of Arizona.
The dead included one person from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and five from the mainland. The seventh was a Chinese tour guide with the U.S. nationality, a spokesman with the administration said, quoting the list provided by the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles.
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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Among the eight injured, one was from Hong Kong and the other seven from the Chinese mainland.
The China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd (CPIC) has paid 1.85 million yuan (270,000 U.S. dollars) to families of the six dead from the mainland and Hong Kong, according to the CPIC Shanghai Branch.
The victims were with a 20-member tour group that had flown from Shanghai to San Francisco.
People of the Shanghai Donghu International Travel Service holds an urgent meeting at the company in Shanghai Feb. 1, 2009. Shanghai Tourism Administration published Sunday the names of seven Chinese nationals killed and eight injured in Friday's bus crash on a highway near the Hoover Dam of Arizona in the United States. The victims were all members of a tour group organized by the Shanghai Donghu International Travel Service.(Chinese media Photo)
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The bus on its way to the Grand Canyon, an optional trip not included in the package price, when the accident happened. Five members of the group chose not to participate in the trip, the Shanghai Tourism Administration said.
Shanghai has set up a task force headed by Vice Mayor Zhao Wen to handle the accident, in collaboration with the Consulate General in Los Angeles.
A spokesperson of the Shanghai Donghu International Travel Service talks to reporters at the company in Shanghai Feb. 1, 2009. (Chinese media Photo)
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Members of the victims' families, local government and travel agencies, a lawyer and a doctor were expected to leave for the U.S. Tuesday, said Cheng Meihong, deputy director of the Shanghai Tourism Administration.
"The passports will be issued Tuesday and the airline has reserved seats for them."
They included Shanghai-resident Hong Kong man Chung Yinghan, whose wife Lau Yeekwan was injured and 16-year-old daughter Chung Yuching was killed in the accident.
"I am very sad to lose my dear daughter. I hope to arrive in the U.S. as soon as possible to see my wife and deal with the aftermath of my daughter," he said.
7 Chinese tourists confirmed dead in bus crash near Las Vegas:
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Officials work at the scene of the
tour bus accident that left seven Chinese tourists dead on US-93 near
Dolan Springs, Arizona Jan. 30, 2009.
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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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