20150116 China 12 dead, 3 injured in E China road accident
China Jan 16 2015 “Other”
Dead : dead more than 10 Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 1 to 9
12 dead, 3 injured in E China road accident
Updated: 2015-01-16 23:29
JINAN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Twelve people died and another 3 were injured in a pileup on an expressway in Laizhou City in the eastern province of Shandong on Friday evening, local authorities said.
Four vehicles, including a coach, collided on the Laizhou section of Rongcheng-Wuhai Expressway at 6:30 p.m. Two vehicles caught fire as a result of the impact.
The injured were transferred to hospital, and the fire has been extinguished.
The incident is now subject to an investigation.
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