【中英双语阅读】四川旅游大巴被巨石击中，造成8死16伤（关注本站，每天一篇英文简报，了解世界，增进知识）
Yesterday (11th), a tourist bus in the Yongjiang Township of Aba Songpan County, Sichuan Province, National Highway 213, was hit by a flying stone that fell on the mountain. The accident killed 8 people and injured 16 people.
昨天（11日），国道213线四川阿坝松潘县岷江乡境内一辆旅游大巴被山上滚落的飞石击中。事故造成8人死亡，16人受伤。
Yesterday (11th) at 2:05 pm, in the territory of National Highway 213, Songjiang County, Songjiang County, a tourist bus with the license plate number "Chuan U36463", flying from Songpan County to Chengdu, was rolled off the mountain. The stone hit, causing the vehicle to get out of control, slipping into the roadside lawn and causing casualties. At the time of the incident, the number of passengers on the bus was 37, and there were 30 people including the driver.
昨天（11日）下午2点05分，在国道213线松潘县岷江乡境内，一辆车牌号为“川U36463”的旅游大巴车，从松潘县出发往成都方向行驶途中被山上滚落的飞石击中，导致车辆失控，滑入路边草坪，并造成人员伤亡。事发时，该客车核载人数37人，实载包括驾驶员在内有30人。
According to the on-site personnel, this flying stone is more than 2 meters long and more than 1 meter wide. It is the rock on the mountain that flies to the rock and then flies to the tourist bus, and rolls from the front driver of the bus to the rear of the bus. In the second row, the falling rock is estimated to be about one ton.
据现场人员介绍，这块飞石有2米多长、1米多宽，是山上的石头砸到岩石上后飞到旅游大巴车，并从大巴车的车头驾驶员处滚落到车尾倒数第二排，落石估计有一吨左右重。
