A bus crash in China's southern island province killed eight school children on Thursday.<br/> <br />State media also reports 32 others were injured, mostly students.<br/> <br />The school bus overturned during a spring outing organized for primary school students.<br/> <br />State TV showed the injured being treated at a local hospital.<br/> <br />It's the latest in a string of similar accidents in China.<br/> <br />In 2012, a minivan plunged into a pond, killing eleven kindergarten children on board.<br/> <br />And in 2011, 18 nursery school school children died in a bus crash, prompting the government to pledge more money for school bus services.<br/> <br />But despite that pledge, transportation remains notoriously dangerous in rural China, where where buses and trucks are old and poorly maintained.
