Trapped on Highway for Over 40 Days, Two Chinese Bus Drivers Live on Bus

Surviving with no heat and little food

Desolate landscape in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China on Sept. 18, 2007. China Photos/Getty Images

Two Chinese long-distance bus drivers who drove to pick up farm workers from 950 miles away have been stuck on Chinese highways since Oct. 4.

Xiao Ning (pseudonym), one of the bus drivers, said that he and his fellow driver are from Yinchuan city, Ningxia region. They were hired to pick up some farm workers in Hami city, Xinjiang region, and bring them home to Ningxia.