An overcrowded tour bus lost control on a slope and flipped over in Hong Kong on Thursday, killing 17 people and injuring 45 others.
After visiting the injured at Tsang Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang told reporters it was the city's worst traffic accident in recent years, since a double-decker bus crash killed 21 people in 2003.
"Two tour buses were taking some church-goers for a trip, one of them had an accident. It had 60 passengers on board, many of whom are elderly people."
Officials later said the bus was actually carrying 62 passengers.
The driver was arrested and accused of dangerous driving that caused deaths, but Hong Kong Cable Television quoted the driver as saying that the brakes failed before the accident.
The local police are still investigating the cause of the crash.