Sixteen people were killed and nine were injured when a bus collided with a dump truck in a village in Dazhou city in China's southwestern Sichuan province on Sunday.<br /><br />The bus was carrying 24 passengers, half of whom were students, Chinese media reports said. The dump truck, which was transporting sand and gravel, collided with the bus on a small road bridge and sent it crashing into the riverbed below. — Reuters