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China suspends officials after 11 kids die in road wreck

A city in east China suspended 12 officials on Wednesday, including a vice mayor, policemen and education administrators, after 11 children were killed in a road wreck involving an overloaded vehicle.

This file photo shows traffic commuting through heavy smog in Beijing, on November 21, 2012. Guixi city in east China suspended 12 officials on Wednesday, including a vice mayor, policemen and education administrators, after 11 children were killed in a road wreck involving an overloaded vehicle.

The Monday accident occurred in Guixi city, Jiangxi province when the overloaded mini-van plunged into a pond as it was transporting the four to six-year-old children to kindergarten.

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