记者13日晚间从河南省民权县官方获悉，12月9日发生在该县境内的客车坠入池塘致12人遇难事故，7名相关责任人因涉嫌重大安全责任事故罪，被警方依法刑事拘留。
Shangqiu (CNS) -- Seven people have been detained as potential causes of a car accident that killed 12 passengers, according to police in Shangqiu, Henan province, on Thursday.
The suspects, including the driver, work for the Passenger Company under the Shangqiu Transportation Group, according to local officials.
It was not made clear what exactly the suspects had done wrong.
At least 12 passengers were killed and 23 injured last Sunday after their bus collided with another vehicle and plunged into a roadside pond in Shangqiu.
Eighteen of the 23 injured have recovered and been discharged from the hospital.
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