One was killed, 25 others injured in a bus accident in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, local police confirmed Sunday.

A bus, heading for Lanzhou from Zhangye, turned over at 2:30 PM Saturday on the airport expressway, 30 km from the city's downtown area, leaving a 15-year-old boy dead, two badly injured and 23 slightly injured, said the police.

The injured were immediately sent to the city's first-aid center, and the other 10 are receiving treatment at Lanzhou Second People's Hospital, according to the rescuers.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

(Xinhua News Agency February 6, 2006)