BEIJING
At least 22 people have died in a bus accident in China's western Xinjiang region that left 38 others injured, according to the state news agency.
Xinhua reported Wednesday that the casualties occurred when the vehicle overturned on a southwestern highway in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region around midnight Tuesday.
The passengers wounded in the accident were receiving medical treatment.
The cause behind the incident is under investigation.
Last November, six people were killed and 40 others injured when a tour bus overturned in Shanghai.
