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At least three die in Shanghai road accident
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-26 21:31
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SHANGHAI - At least three people were killed and 17 others injured after a coach collided with a sedan and overturned on an expressway in Shanghai on Friday, municipal authorities said.
The accident occurred at 3:43 pm on the expressway linking Shanghai and Nanjing City, capital of east 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu Province, according to a statement from the municipal publicity office.
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The coach was carrying 18 tourists on a trip arranged by Shanghai Tianyuan Holiday Travel Agency. The cause of the accident was under investigation, according to the statement.
In a separate case in east 皇冠体育app's Zhejiang Province, one person was killed and five others injured in a road accident Friday afternoon, local authorities said.
A black sedan crossed over the central safety rail on a highway in Anji County and collided with a container truck and a minibus at 12:45 pm, killing one person and seriously injuring another on the sedan. Four people on the minibus were also injured, according to a statement from Anji County's publicity department.
The injured were rushed to a local hospital. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
