Six killed in China as aqueduct collapses

Six people were killed and two others injured today in central China after a minibus was hit by a collapsing aqueduct.

The accident occurred when part of an aqueduct in Rencun Township of Henan Province collapsed and crushed a passing minibus with eight people aboard, the city government said in a press release.

The driver was killed at the spot and five died later at hospital. Two others were still being treated at hospital.