Three people were killed and 12 injured in a series of accidents
on a northwest China freeway, said local traffic police on
Wednesday.
The first accident occurred around 2:00 PM on Tuesday on the
section of the Beijing-Lhasa expressway in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
A multi-purpose vehicle with eight people aboard and heading
from Yinchuan to Zhongwei, both in Ningxia, overturned and landed
on the median strip on the Mingsha section of the freeway.
Two people died at the scene and six others were seriously
injured.
Four policemen were attending the accident when a truck with
five people aboard smashed into the parked police car, killing one
more person and injuring six others, including two policemen.
The drivers from both the multi-purpose vehicle and the truck
were injured.
All the injured are being treated in hospital. Police are
investigating the causes of the accidents.
(Xinhua News Agency April 25, 2007)