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Six killed in road accident in NW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-04 10:03

XI'AN -- Six people including two children have been killed in a road accident in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local police said on Sunday.

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The accident happened on Saturday afternoon when a minibus with three adults and four children on board and a heavy truck collided head on, the police of the Baoji city said.

Only a seven-year-old boy in the minibus survived the accident, while the other six were killed on the spot. The boy, seriously wounded, was recovering in a local hospital.

Police have detained the driver of the heavy truck and were investigating the cause of the accident.