Two people have died in a car accident near the Shunyi Olympic rowing venue.

A bus from the athletes’ village collided with a van on the way to the rowing park.

“According to the investigation, the van was at fault and violated traffic rules,” Committee spokesman Wang Wei said.

Two Croatian rowers, the doubles sculls team of Mario Vekic and Ante Kusurin, were on the bus but were not seriously injured. They competed later in the day and finished fourth in their semifinal.

Australian rowing team doctor Greg Lovell was also on the bus, along with several other Olympic-accredited people. No one on the bus was seriously injured.

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