Bus hits students in eastern China, killing 11 and injuring 13, police say

Driver in custody as authorities investigate deadly crash in city of Tai'an

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A bus crashed into a group of students near this school in Tai'an, in China's Shandong province, on Sept. 3. (Photo from WeChat account of Foshan Middle School of Dongping)

BEIJING (AP) -- A bus crashed into a group of students and their parents at a school in eastern China early Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring 13, police said.

The students and parents were at the gate of a middle school in Tai'an city in the eastern province of Shandong just before 7:30 a.m., the Dongping county police department said in a posting on social media.

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