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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
NEW DELHI, July 14 (Xinhua) — At least nine people were killed and 11 others injured after a truck carrying mangoes overturned in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state, police said on Monday.
The accident occurred on Monday night, about 387 km southwest of Andhra Pradesh's capital Amaravati.
"The accident occurred when a truck lost control and overturned. The truck was carrying mangoes weighing about 40 tonnes and there were 20 workers sitting on top," a police official said.
When the truck overturned, crates of mangoes fell on workers, causing casualties and injuries, police said.
After the accident, local residents and rescuers arrived at the scene to conduct a rescue operation and took the victims to the hospital.
The cause of the accident is being investigated. Police suspect that overloading was the cause of the accident, but the driver who survived the accident said that he lost control while trying to avoid a collision with a car traveling in the opposite direction. –0–
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