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BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Sixteen people died on Friday after a bus carrying 23 passengers plunged into a reservoir in east China, Xinhua news agency said.

The accident occurred in coastal Zhejiang province when the bus collided head-on with a truck and fell more than 10 metres (more than 30 feet) into the Pengxi reservoir and sank, Xinhua said.

Seven people were rescued, it added.

Last year, road accidents killed nearly 90,000 people in China, making its roads the world's deadliest.

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