The students were waiting to enter the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in Shandong province when the bus slammed into them after 7 a.m.
The public security bureau in Dongping county said in a statement the bus, specially customized for transporting students, lost control when it drove into an intersection, th
Five students and six parents were killed, it said. One of the injured was in critical condition while the others were stable, according to police.
The bus driver has been placed in police custody and the cause of the accident is being investigated, the statement said.
China has faced a spate of car-ramming and stabbing attacks targeting schoolchildren in recent years, as well as deadly road traffic accidents involving school buses.