Published: 8:20pm, 31 Jan 2025Updated: 11:51pm, 31 Jan 2025
A Hong Kong tour guide died after being thrown from a coach that crashed in bad weather on a Shanghai highway heading to the airport on Friday.
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Sixteen tour group members also aboard the bus escaped the crash unharmed, according to trip organiser Miramar Travel, although Shanghai police said two passengers sustained minor abrasions.
Shanghai police said on Weibo the weather was bad at the time of the crash.
“Because of slippery road conditions due to rainy weather, there was an accident near Shanghai Pudong International Airport,” the post read.
“At about 2.20pm, a tourist coach heading towards the airport was involved in an accident as the driver lost control of the vehicle amid rainy weather and crashed into the road barrier.”
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It said the accident took place on a section of the S32 highway.