NW China Road accident death toll rises to 36

 YAN'AN, Shaanxi, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The death toll¹ from an expressway collision between a bus and a tanker² in northwest China has risen to 36, local police said Sunday.

The accident happened at around 2 a.m. in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, when a double-decker sleeper³ bus crashed into a methanol-loaded tanker and caught fire.

Only three out of the 39 people on board the bus survived, but they all suffered injuries. The driver of the bus also died, police said.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident.

The 39-seat bus was full at the time of the crash, which occurred about 200 meters from Huaziping service station on the Baotou-Maoming expressway linking northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous⁴ Region and Guangdong Province in the south.

The two drivers of the tanker, who were not hurt, were taken into police custody⁵, said officials with the Yan'an municipal government.

The State Council has sent an investigation⁶ team to Yan'an to look into the accident and oversee⁷ the rescue efforts, said officials with the State Administration of Work Safety.

The bus, which belongs to Hohhot Municipal Transport Group, was on its way from Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, to Xi'an, Shaanxi's capital.

The tanker, owned by Mengzhou No. 1 Transport Co., Ltd. in central Henan Province, was transporting methanol from Shaanxi-based Yulin Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd to the eastern province Shandong.

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 tanker   

n.油轮

参考例句：

• The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
• Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。

3 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

4 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。