2 soldiers die as vehicle falls off cliff during rescue mission

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-4-20 15:26:00

Photo taken on April 20, 2013 shows the accident site where a rescue car from Chengdu Military Region falls off a cliff into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Two of the 17 soldiers in the car have died by 11:30 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time. A total of 156 people have been killed in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan's Lushan as of 8:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Administration. (Xinhua)
Photo taken on April 20, 2013 shows the accident site where a rescue car from Chengdu Military Region falls off a cliff into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Two of the 17 soldiers in the car have died by 11:30 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time. A total of 156 people have been killed in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan's Lushan as of 8:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Administration. (Xinhua)
 
 
 


 
Rescuers carry out a soldier saved from a rescue car from Chengdu Military Region which falls off a cliff into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013. Two of the 17 soldiers in the car have died by 11:30 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time. A total of 156 people have been killed in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan's Lushan as of 8:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Administration. (Xinhua) 
Rescuers carry out a soldier saved from a rescue car from Chengdu Military Region which falls off a cliff into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013. Two of the 17 soldiers in the car have died by 11:30 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time. A total of 156 people have been killed in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan's Lushan as of 8:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Administration. (Xinhua)
 
 
 
 


 
A woman gives medical treatment to a soldier saved from a rescue car from Chengdu Military Region which falls off a cliff into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013. Two of the 17 soldiers in the car have died by 11:30 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time. A total of 156 people have been killed in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan's Lushan as of 8:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Administration. (Xinhua)
A woman gives medical treatment to a soldier saved from a rescue car from Chengdu Military Region which falls off a cliff into a river in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 20, 2013. Two of the 17 soldiers in the car have died by 11:30 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time. A total of 156 people have been killed in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan's Lushan as of 8:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Administration. (Xinhua)


 

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