The death toll from the southern China highway collision between a bus and a truck loaded with flammable liquid rose to 43 on Sunday, AP reported.
The state-run Xinhua News Agency said the truck rear-ended the bus around 3 a.m. Saturday on the Hukun Expressway in Hunan province, with the truck's driver and passenger among the dead. Five people were also injured.
Xinhua said the flames destroyed a total of five vehicles before being extinguished five hours later.