Tragic wedding banquet for 16
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November 14, 2010, Sunday
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SIXTEEN people died on the way home from a wedding banquet when their vehicle collided with a truck in east China's Shandong Province, police said yesterday.
The accident happened at about 7pm on Thursday on the Shenxian section of Provincial Highway S333, where the truck carrying gravel and a three-wheeled farm vehicle carrying 22 people collided, police said in a statement.
Two people died at the scene, while 20 injured were taken to hospital, where 14 of them died, doctors said.
The remaining six people, including two children, are reported to be in a stable condition.
The police statement said the driver of the truck fled after the accident.
The farm vehicle was carrying home 21 people from a wedding banquet and the driver, who was also killed in the accident, was suspected of being drunk at the time.
The accident happened at about 7pm on Thursday on the Shenxian section of Provincial Highway S333, where the truck carrying gravel and a three-wheeled farm vehicle carrying 22 people collided, police said in a statement.
Two people died at the scene, while 20 injured were taken to hospital, where 14 of them died, doctors said.
The remaining six people, including two children, are reported to be in a stable condition.
The police statement said the driver of the truck fled after the accident.
The farm vehicle was carrying home 21 people from a wedding banquet and the driver, who was also killed in the accident, was suspected of being drunk at the time.
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