Tourist bus overturns in Taiwan, injuring 7

A tourist coach overturned in Ali Mountain, Taiwan, Sunday afternoon, injuring 6 tourists from the Chinese mainland andone local tour guide. All the injured were sent to a local hospital immediately after the incident, said Liu Kezhi, director of Taipei office of the Cross-StraitsTourism Exchange Association. One of the injured was still in the hospital, and the others who suffered minor injuries were discharged from hospital, he said. Liu said, the coach, carrying tourists from Zhejiang province, overturned for braking disfunction on the highway of Ali Mountain. The Zhejiang tourist group arrived in Taiwan on Friday. Xinhua

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