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Six dead in road accident in south China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-06 22:01
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GUANGZHOU - Six people were killed and one injured after a minibus rammed into the rear of a truck in south China's Guangdong Province Saturday, local authorities said.

The accident occurred at about 3:50 am on the Shaoguan section of Beijing-Zhuhai expressway, leaving six dead and one injured on the minibus.

The minibus is registered in the central province of Hubei and the truck is from the northern province of Shanxi.

Local police are investigating the cause of the accident.