Thursday, April 30, 2009

Police name Koreans killed, injured in E China traffic accident

FUQING, Fujian, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese police have named four male
nationals of the Republic of Korea killed or injured in a traffic accident in
Fuqing City, in east China's Fujian Province, on Wednesday.

The two dead were Baek Seung Ho and Kim Young Soo, while the two injured
were Park Byoung Jun and Lim Jong Dae, according to police in Fuqing City.

Four people died in the traffic accident Wednesday. Besides the two
Koreans, the other two dead came from China's Jilin and Fujian provinces.

A minibus, with six people aboard, collided with a passenger bus at about
9:15 a.m. at a section of the No. 305 road in Fuqing City.

Four people aboard the minibus, including two Koreans, a driver and a man
from Jilin, were killed at the scene and two other Koreans were injured, said
the publicity department of the municipal government of Fuzhou, the provincial
capital.

The injured have been sent to a nearby hospital.

No one on the passenger bus was injured and the driver has been detained by
police for questioning.

Police, work safety supervision and health authorities have setup a team to
investigate into the accident.

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