11 dead, 19 injured after truck-bus collision in East China
By Cang Wei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-04 10:22
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At least 11 people died and 19 others were injured in a truck accident at Shenyang-Haikou Highway's Yancheng section in Jiangsu province on Sunday morning.
The accident happened at around 1 am, as the truck crossed the fence along the middle of the road and crashed into the passenger bus, causing the latter to overturn as well as the rear-end collision of another two trucks in line.
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The dead include seven from the passenger bus, two from the truck that crossed the fence, and two from the two trucks in the rear-end collision.
The Ministry of Public Security has dispatched a working team to the spot for investigation.
Wu Zhenglong, Jiangsu's governor, has reached Yancheng to organize the rescue work and investigate the accident.
Xinhua contributed to the story