One passenger was killed and 14 others were injured when a bus carrying 28 Chinese citizens overturned in the Trans-Baikal Territory on Saturday, Interfax news agency reported.

The accident was reported at 4:05 a.m. Moscow time (0005GMT) at the 403rd km of Route A-166 in the Borzinsky district.

"The bus was carrying 28 people. One of the 14 hospitalized Chinese citizens is in intensive care, and six are in serious condition," a spokesman of the Siberian regional emergency situations center was quoted as saying.

The cause of the traffic accident is under investigation.

(Xinhua News Agency May 3, 2008)