Bus falls off a cliff in China; six killed

Six people were killed and two others seriously injured after a minibus fell off a cliff in central China's Hubei Province today, local officials said.

The accident happened in Shimen Village, Xingshan County, Yichang City, when the vehicle plunged the 100-meter-deep cliff in heavy rain, the Yichang municipal fire-fighting department said.

Rescue operations were underway, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.