Six dead, 12 injured in east China road accident


NANCHANG: Six people were killed and 12 others injured in a road accident Sunday morning (April 19) in east China's Jiangxi Province, local authorities said.

A mini bus with 19 people on board rolled off a national road for about 30m into a ditch at 8.30am in the city of Leping, according to the publicity department of the city.

Six people were dead, and another 12 were sent to hospital for treatment. Their injury conditions remained unknown.

The driver, unhurt in the accident, has been under police custody.

The cause of the accident is under investigation. - Xinhua/Asian News Network

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