32 kindergarten children injured in accident in China

Thirty-two kindergarten children have been injured when a minibus they were travelling fell into a roadside ditch in south China, official media reported today.

The accident took palace when the minibus rented by a kindergarten veered off the road and fell into a ditch yesterday in Lingui District in the city of Guilin of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The injured are being treated in two local hospitals. They mainly suffer from bruises, the report said.

The 11-seat bus carried a total of 34 people when the accident happened. The driver has been held in police custody.