2 sentenced to life in China for fatal bus fire

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Press Trust of India Beijing
Last Updated : Dec 27 2013 | 7:47 PM IST
Two persons were today sentenced to life imprisonment in China for a deadly blast, caused by chemicals they were carrying illegally in an overloaded bus, that left 42 people dead in 2011.
Yang Lilun and Yang Liliang, the driver and boss of a chemical company in east China's Shandong Province, were convicted of the crime of endangering public security, said Xinyang Intermediate People's Court.
The bus was carrying 47 people when the explosion occurred and it caught fire on an expressway near Xinyang in the early morning.
Investigators found that the blast and blaze were caused by chemicals being carried illegally on the bus, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Several managers of the bus company were sentenced to jail terms of two to six years.
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First Published: Dec 27 2013 | 7:47 PM IST