Bus driver deliberately crashes vehicle killing 21 people

A bus driver has deliberately crashed a vehicle killing 21 people and injuring 15 others in protest over demolition of his rented house.

The sad incident happened in the Chinese city of Anshun,Guizhou province.

According to police reports, the driver surnamed Zhang was among those who died in the accident where 12 students who were about to sit their college exams lost their lives.

“Zhang was unsatisfied with his life and with the demolition of his rented public house. In order to get noticed, he committed an extreme criminal act,”CNN reported.

The report said Zhang normally started his shift at noon but on the fateful day, he began earlier after he made a request to another driver.

He was allegedly angered after he found his house had been demolished in the morning of July 7 leaving him homeless.

He had however, been offered $10,360 (KSh 1.1 million) as compensation for the house but he did not pick it up prompting authorities to turn down his new accommodation request.

At 9am the man bought baijiu, a strong Chinese alcohol, which he poured into a plastic beverage container.

The man took the drink before driving the bus into a reservoir where the bus swerved across five lanes and smashed through a guard rail before it partially sank.

Zhang had texted his girlfriend hours before the crash