XI'AN, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- A taxi plunged into a river in northwest China's Shaanxi Province Thursday evening, killing all five people in the car, local authorities said Friday.
The taxi, run by a company in Yanchang County, veered off the road and plunged into the Yanhe River as it was running along a provincial highway to Yan'an City at around 7:30 p.m., the county government said in a press release.
The taxi driver and all the four passengers in the car were killed, it said.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
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