Bus accident kills six in China's Sichuan

A bus has plunged into a river after colliding with a road guardrail on Wednesday, killing six people and injuring 11 in China's southwestern Sichuan province, local authorities said in a notice on Thursday.

One of the injured in the incident was reported to have sustained serious injury, but is currently in a stable condition. 

The accident occurred in Zhonggang village in the mountainous Baoxing county at around 6 pm, with a total of 17 people on board the bus, as per the vehicle's capacity limits. 

Authorities noted that rescue efforts concluded early on Thursday, with an investigation into the accident in progress.