A bus crashing tunnel wall accident occurred in a highway tunnel in Wutai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, causing five people to die and three serious injuries.

The police report issued by the five detachments of Shanxi High -speed Traffic Police on the official Weibo stated that at 17:24 on WednePeople, 32 people) from Taiyuan to Wutai Mountain, colliding with the right cave wall in the Phoenix Ridge Tunnel.

The accident killed five people and the three were seriously injured.The deceased included drivers Liu Mourong and four passengers.

According to upstream news reports, the picture of the Internet shows that a red bus car printed with "Shanxi Auto Transport Group" in the tunnel is severely damaged by the head of the "Shanxi Auto Transport Group", and many people lie on the ground.A number of netizens claimed that "it was blocked in the tunnel for six hours" and "blocked until four o'clock in the middle of the night."

At present, the remaining 24 passengers in the car have all moved to the Wutai County People's Hospital to stay at a time, without life -threatening.Cause of the accident is under further investigation.