19 killed, 25 injured as bus overturns in China

At least 19 people were killed and 25 others injured today after a bus they were travelling in overturned on an expressway in China's Guangdong province.

The accident took place on an expressway section in Longmen county under Huizhou city, officials said.

There were 44 people onboard the coach when the bus overturned.

All the injured are being treated in a hospital.

Traffic on the expressway section has been resumed, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.