DHAKA: A bus plunged into a ravine while travelling on Indonesia`s resort island of Bali, killing seven people including five Chinese tourists, police said on Tuesday.

Eight people survived the accident, which occurred on a winding slope near the Pecatu resort area in southern Bali, traffic police chief Col. Beno Louhenapessy said, reports The Straits Times.

Survivors said the vehicle’s engine apparently lost power while going up a hill and rolled backward before falling into a 15-metre-deep ravine.

Police, soldiers and medical officers used ropes and cranes to reach the bus, which was carrying 13 Chinese tourists.

Five of them were killed and the rest injured, some seriously. Two Indonesians, a tour guide and the driver, were also killed.

BDST: 1634 HRS, NOV 19, 2013
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