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Beijing [China]Seventeen people were killed and 22 injured in a road traffic accident in eastern China’s Jiangxi province on Sunday morning, Chinese state media CCTV reported on Jan. 8.
“The accident killed 17 people and injured 22, who have been sent to hospital,” CCTV quoted local authorities as saying.
The “major road accident” was reported to have happened just before 1am (1700GMT) in Nanchang county.
“The cause of the accident is under deep investigation,” CCTV added. About an hour after the news broke, traffic police in Nanchang County issued a travel alert to drivers, saying the area was experiencing “heavy fog”.
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“Driving with poor visibility and low visibility can easily cause traffic accidents,” it said.
“Please pay attention to fog lights… slow down, drive carefully, maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front, avoid pedestrians, do not change lanes and overtake,” it added.
Due to the lack of strict safety controls, road traffic accidents are common in China.
Last month, one person was killed in a series of traffic accidents involving hundreds of vehicles on a highway in central China due to poor visibility in heavy fog, RTE reported.
In September, a bus transporting passengers to a quarantine facility in southwestern Guizhou province overturned on a highway, killing 27 passengers. (Arnie)
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from a Syndicated News feed, the content body may not have been modified or edited by LatestLY staff)
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