CHANGSHA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and 17 others injured after a bus ran off road and plunged into a ditch Saturday night in central China's Hunan province, local police said Sunday.
The accident happened at 10:05 p.m. Saturday, when the bus, carrying 18 people, slid into a 10-meter ditch in Shuangxia village in the city of Zhangjiajie.
Two of the 17 injured were in critical condition, police said.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.