The number of passengers confirmed injured in a head-on collision of two buses in Jiangxi Province that left nine dead, was amended to 28 from 19 on Thursday.

Three people, including a driver, were seriously injured but are in stable condition, reported traffic police of the Public Security Administration of Jiangxi Province.

The collision occurred on Wednesday afternoon when a bus carrying 21 passengers smashed into a mini-bus carrying 16 people on a highway bend in Shangrao County, Jiangxi. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.

(Xinhua News Agency December 29, 2006)