DHAKA: A tour bus accident in southwest Tibet left at least 44 people dead in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, 

The bus was involved in a three-vehicle pileup along the National Highway in Nyemo County in Tibet. It crashed against a sports utility vehicle and a pickup truck, and then plunged into the valley. 

Photos showed the wrecked bus resting upside down by a riverbank, reports CNN quoting Xinhua.

Photos also showed emergency personnel and rescue workers carrying passengers from the scene in stretchers. Dozens of pieces of luggage were piled to the side of the retaining wall.

BDST: 0930 HRS, AUG 10, 2014