Truck falls off mountain road, kills 5 schoolchildren in China

BEIJING (AP) - Five children were killed when the truck carrying them home from school fell off a mountain road in western China, state media said on Saturday.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the accident took place on Friday in Longnan city in Gansu province and also killed one villager. Six people were injured.

The light truck was carrying 13 people, including eight schoolchildren, when it went off the road and tumbled 200 meters down a slope, Xinhua said. The report did not mention the children's ages.

School buses are often in short supply in China, especially in rural areas, and overloading is a common concern on the country's roads.