Road crash kills 6, injures 11 in East China
(Xinhua) Updated: 2011-05-23 12:36HEFEI - Six people were killed and 11 others injured in a truck-coach accident Sunday afternoon in East China's Anhui province, local authorities said Monday.
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 Rescuers work at the scene where a truck and a coach collided with each other on a road at Zhangqiao township in Dingyuan county, East China's Anhui province, May 22, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The truck, running from south to north, hit an oncoming medium-sized coach at 5 pm on a road at Zhangqiao township in the county of Dingyuan, said a spokesman with the county.
The injured were rushed to hospital for treatment, and it was not immediately known yet whether their injuries were life threatening or not.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, according to the spokesman.
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