Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Five dead on E China countryside road as drivers avoid toll-gate

FUZHOU, Feb. 7 (Chinese media) -- Five people were killed in two days at the same section of a countryside road as drivers tried to avoid the toll-gate on a national highway in east China's Fujian Province, local authorities said.

Two vehicles rolled off the road into a brook Friday and Saturday at the Lushui section of a countryside road in Xiqin Township, Nanping City, killing four and one respectively, police said.

Drivers chose the newly-built road, which was free, as the No. 205 national highway across the brook has a toll-gate, according to fire brigade officials of Nanping.

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