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7 killed as truck plunges off bridge in SW China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-16 19:43
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GUIYANG: Seven people are dead after a pickup truck plunged 60 meters off a bridge under construction into a river in southwest China's Guizhou Province Wednesday, local police said.

The accident occurred at about 6 am when the truck was en route to Dashan town, Dafang County, from Changshi town in the same county. All seven aboard were killed.

The dead were identified as villagers from Changshi town.

Local police are investigating the cause of the accident.