西藏重大車禍多人死傷
Forty-four people were killed and 11 injured Saturday, when a tour bus collided with two vehicles and plunged off a Tibetan highway and over a cliff.
China's official Xinhua news agency said Sunday that the three-car pile-up occurred Saturday afternoon in mountainous southern Tibet.
Xinhua said the bus was carrying 50 people, mostly tourists from four Chinese provinces. The other vehicles were a sport utility vehicle carrying four people and a pickup truck with only a driver. Their condition is unclear.
The news agency said police have detained managers of the Feixing Travel Agency and the Shengdi Vehicle Tour Company pending an investigation.中國一輛旅遊巴士在西藏地區的高速公路上與另外兩輛車相撞後墜入懸崖，造成至少44人死亡，11人受傷。
中國官方的新華社星期天報道說，這起三車相撞的重大交通事故發生在西藏自治區南部的多山地區。
新華社報道說，這輛巴士內當時大約乘坐了50名乘客，多數是來自四個省份的旅遊者。其他兩輛車分別是一輛四人乘坐的越野車和一輛一名司機駕駛的卡車。事發原因目前尚不清楚。
報道說，當地警方已經扣押了巴士所屬的飛翔旅行社和旅遊車輛公司的經理，並就事故展開了調查。
