<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   At least 36 people died in central Vietnam when their bus fell into a river after crashing through the banister of a bridge, Xinhua reported Friday.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Local official Tran Bao Que says the bus smashed through the rails of a bridge last night and plunged into the bank of the Serepok River about 18 metres below.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The bus was traveling on a regular 350-kilometre route from the central highland province of Dak Lak to the southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Y Bliu Arul, deputy director of the General Hospital in Dak Lak, says the bus&#39;s two drivers were among the 32 people who died at the scene. Two others died at the hospital. Of the 21 injured, 16 were in serious condition.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Que said it took rescuers four hours to pull the bodies from the bus, part of which was submerged in the river. &quot;When the accident happened, everyone in the bus was sleeping,&quot; online newspaper Dan Tri quoted survivor Nguyen Van Khanh as saying.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;I vaguely heard a noise like a gun fire and then people were screaming when the bus was overturned. ... I managed to escape through a window which was smashed opened by others.&quot; Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Road accidents kill more than 11,000 people each year in Vietnam.</div>  

A crowded bus plunges into a river bank in central Vietnam, killing at least 36 people

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