After the tour bus he was driving crashed into a guardrail on a mountain highway and caught fire on June 26, Liu Dahui, rather than try to save his passengers, instead abandoned the vehicle, allowing 35 to perish.
He is now in custody, Chinese police say.
The bus had 54 passengers, including 4 children, who were awoken to the jolting and bumping of their bus crashing against a guard rail. The oil tank then broke, causing a fire and belching thick smoke on the right side of the bus, according to Hunan propaganda authorities.
The burnt out bus.
