A serious multi-vehicle road accident on an expressway between
Beijing and Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, has resulted in the deaths
of nine people and serious injuries being sustained by 16 others,
local police said Tuesday afternoon.
The pileup occurred at 6:25?AM Tuesday on the section of
road between the cities of Jinzhou and Panjin in Liaoning. Heavy
fog suddenly blanketed the area and caused the accident, said the
transport safety bureau of the Public Security Department of
Liaoning.
The accident involving 28 motor vehicles left nine dead and 72
hospitalized including 16 who were seriously injured and remained
in critical condition, according to the bureau.
The section of the expressway which was the scene of the
accident reopened to traffic at 11?AM Tuesday.
(Xinhua News Agency May 24, 2006)