KUNMING, China, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The death toll from a van crash in southwest China rose to seven Sunday, authorities said.
An eight-seat minivan carrying 14 people, mostly students, plunged into a valley in China's Yunan Province Saturday morning, Xinhua reported.
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Four students, the driver and an elderly man were killed instantly in the crash. Another student died in a hospital Sunday, the county publicity department said in a statement.
The seven other students were injured, two remaining in serious condition, the statement said.
A police investigation said the driver's improper operations on the mountain upslope caused the accident.
