Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Pileup kills three, injures 20 in south China





Photo taken on April 19, 2009 shows the accident spot on Xinyu Street of Xinjia Town in Jingxi County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A traffic collision took place at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday when a truck collided with two buses and another truck in Xinjia Town, causing three people dead and 20 others injured, four severely. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. (Xinhua/Zhao Jingwu)


Photo taken on April 19, 2009 shows the accident spot on Xinyu Street of Xinjia Town in Jingxi County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A traffic collision took place at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday when a truck collided with two buses and another truck in Xinjia Town, causing three people dead and 20 others injured, four severely. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. (Xinhua/Zhao Jingwu)
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NANNING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A traffic collision involving four vehicles killed three people and injured 20 others, four severely, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Sunday, local government said.


The accident took place at 11:30 a.m. on a street in the Xinjia Town of Jingxi County when a truck collided with two buses and another truck, said a spokesman with the county government.






Medical workers rescue an injured passenger of the pileup accident occured on Xinyu Street of Xinjia Town in Jingxi County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 19, 2009. A traffic collision took place at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday when a truck collided with two buses and another truck in Xinjia Town, causing three people dead and 20 others injured, four severely. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. (Xinhua/Zhao Jingwu)


Medical workers rescue an injured passenger of the pileup accident occured on Xinyu Street of Xinjia Town in Jingxi County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 19, 2009. A traffic collision took place at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday when a truck collided with two buses and another truck in Xinjia Town, causing three people dead and 20 others injured, four severely. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. (Xinhua/Zhao Jingwu)
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The injured are being treated at a local hospital, he
said.

The identities of two of the dead have been confirmed
and the other is still unknown, he said.

The truck driver has been detained by police. The
cause of the accident is being investigated, he added.

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