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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
URUMQI, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Nine people were killed and seven injured in traffic accidents on an expressway in northeast China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Saturday evening, local authorities said Sunday.
The accidents occurred around 10:00 PM on different sections of the expressway in Wusu City, Tacheng County, when several vehicles crashed into each other one after another. A total of five large vehicles and seven small cars were damaged.
The injured people were urgently taken to hospital for medical attention.
Local officials said the vehicle collisions occurred during sudden dense fog combined with sub-zero overnight temperatures, causing the road surfaces to become wet and slippery due to icing in a short period of time.
Further investigation into these accidents is ongoing. -0-
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