Expressway pileup kills 12 in south China
(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-12-13 19:00GUANGZHOU - Twelve people were killed and another three were slightly injured in an expressway pileup early Saturday morning in South China's Guangdong province, local authorities said.
The accident happened around 2 am on the Yuegan Expressway, which links Guangdong's Heyuan City and Jiangxi's Ganzhou City, when a truck loaded with wood rolled over due to faulty brakes, causing a collision with the following three trucks, a mini bus and a car. The following five vehicles caught on fire after the collision.
The injured people have been hospitalized, and traffic will be resumed soon, authorities said.
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