11 dead, 19 injured after truck-bus collision in east China

Source: Xinhua| 2021-04-04 11:04:15|Editor: huaxia

Aerial photo taken on April 4, 2021 shows the traffic resume at the site of the truck-bus collision in east China's Jiangsu Province. A truck collided with a passenger bus, causing 11 dead and 19 injured in east China's Jiangsu Province early Sunday morning. The accident happened at around 1 a.m. Sunday on the Shenyang-Haikou expressway, as the truck crossed the fence along the middle of the road and crashed into the passenger bus, causing the latter to overturn as well as the rear-end collision of another two trucks in line. (Xinhua/Yang Shaogong)

NANJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A truck collided with a passenger bus, causing 11 dead and 19 injured in east China's Jiangsu Province early Sunday morning.

The accident happened at around 1 a.m. Sunday on the Shenyang-Haikou expressway, as the truck crossed the fence along the middle of the road and crashed into the passenger bus, causing the latter to overturn as well as the rear-end collision of another two trucks in line.

The injured have been sent to hospital. Preliminary investigation shows that the passenger bus was shuttling between Shanghai and Guanyun County, the city of Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

When the accident occurred, the truck was not overloaded and further investigation is underway. Enditem

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