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6 killed in NW China traffic accident

FIVE school pupils and one villager were killed in a traffic accident in northwest China's Gansu Province, which also injured six others yesterday afternoon, local authorities said today.

The accident happened at about 5:10 pm, when a light truck careened off a mountain road and tumbled 200 meters down a slope in Wudu district of Longnan city, officials from the city government said.

The truck was carrying 13 people, including eight students who were returning home from school. One managed to jump out of the vehicle and survived without injury.

Further investigation is underway.




 

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