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Five killed in south China road accident
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Five people have died after a car collided with an oil tanker and caught fire in China's southernmost province of Hainan early this morning.
The accident happened at about 00:15am on a highway in Ding'an County when the car rear-ended the oil tanker carrying 20 tonnes of petrol. A blaze broke immediately after the collision, according to the county transportation bureau.
Four adults and a child in the car were scorched to death at the scene, said the bureau.
A total of 136 firefighters in 19 fire engines responded to the emergency and the fire was put out at 5:05am.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
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