8 pupils killed as bus overturns in Hainan

Rescuers work at the accident site after a bus for spring-outing overturned in Dongge township of Wenchang City, south China's Hainan Province, April 10, 2014. Eight pupils died and more than 10 others were injured after their bus overturned here Thursday morning. The accident happened at about 11 am when the children were on a bus for a school-organized outing. (Xinhua)

Eight pupils died and 32 were injured when a bus overturned in China's southernmost province of Hainan on Thursday morning.

The accident happened at about 11am in Chengmai County, where Xincai School had organized an outing for 586 students in 14 buses, according to the county government.

Of the injured, four were seriously wounded. They are receiving treatment at a local hospital.

The Xincai School, a private school, did not report to any authorities before organizing the outing, according to the government.

The county government has already paid 100,000 yuan (16,258 US dollars) to the families of each of those killed.

The cause of the accident is being investigated.