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The man who regained control of the bus that mowed into oncoming traffic on the Yangpu bridge, thus saving dozens of passengers, was a 35-year-old promary school teacher without a drivers license, Shanghai Daily has found. Shanghai native Chen Wei stopped the bus by rushing to the front and pressing the floor break. He had been in the last row when he felt the bus veer to the left and crash into other cars on the bridge. When it slammed into a taxi head-on, throwing the driver through the front windshield, Chen moved to the front and hit the brake, saving the lives of everyone on board as well as those in the bus' path. Like all bashful heroes should, he insists he's just a normal guy.

• An autopsy has been ordered on the bus driver who swerved into oncoming traffic on the Yangpu Bridge last week, killing three and injuring 27. [Shanghai Daily]
• Four employees of global mining giant Rio Tinto have been mysteriously detained for questioning by Chinese authorities. Nobody is sure why or how to reach them. [Reuters]
• The Financial Times talks about the importance of the Peace Hotel's restoration on the Bund. [FT]

Last night at around 9:30pm, a No. 3 line bus lost control on the Yangpu Bridge and swerved into the opposite lane, colliding with cars and causing a 12 vehicle pile-up. Roughly 14 people were injured. Three were killed by the accident - the bus driver died on the spot and two others, a bus passenger and a driver of a taxi the bus crashed into - died of injuries after being sent to the hospital. Police are currently investigating the cause of the accident. Source: Xinmin and Xinhua