Five dead, 15 hurt in expressway accident

Five people were killed and 15 injured in a rear-end collision involving multiple cars on an expressway in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Thursday.

The accident happened at about 2 am. The 15 injured were sent to hospital for treatment. One of them was seriously injured without life-threatening condition, according to the traffic police of the city.

The cause of the accident is being investigated.