Twenty-seven people were killed and 20 injured after a bus overturned early this morning in China, police said, according to Xinhua.

The road accident happened on a highway in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou.

A total of 47 people were traveling in the bus.

Medical aid was provided to the injured.

This is the worst bus accident in China since the beginning of the year, noted France Presse, BTA reported.

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