Coach Crashes as Driver Dozes Off While Driving

A drowsy driver caused a double-decker coach carrying 84 people to hit into the rear-end of a truck and crash into a guardrail on an expressway recently in east China's Zhejiang Province.

The road accident injured some of the passengers on the coach and one of the injured died in hospital.

The coach was heading for Zhoushan City from Wenzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province on Feb. 23.

Surveillance footage from the coach shows that the driver became sleepy after the coach passed a tollgate and entered Ninghai County in the city of Ningbo of the province.

The footage shows that he was driving with his eyes closed for about 20 seconds when the tragedy happened.

The driver suddenly woke up as the coach was approaching near the truck and he swerved hard to avoid the collision.

But the coach still hit the rear of the truck and then crashed into the central guardrail. The coach, which was out of control, and continued moving for nearly 40 meters before it stopped.

Local police said the driver did not sleep the night before.

The police have detained the driver for causing severe traffic casualties.