A tourist bus with dozens of children from China crashed in Laos: at least 13 young passengers died as a result of a tragic accident, the AP reported referring to local authorities.

A bus carrying 44 passengers from China rolled off the road between Vietnam and a tourist city in the north of Luang Prabang and crashed, the Chinese Embassy in Laos reported.

Thirteen children were killed, another 31 people were injured as a result of an accident, two of them are in serious condition. And the bus driver and guide received superficial injuries.

According to the embassy, a team of doctors from the Chinese Liberation Army, who was in Laos to attend a professional event, rushed to help the victims.

Some of the injured were hospitalized at Luang Prabang Hospital.