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Death toll rises to 8 in S China road accident
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-06 10:17
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NANNING: The death toll from a road accident Friday has risen to eight after one more death was confirmed in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, said local traffic police.
The accident happened at around 9 pm Friday when a truck registered in neighboring Guangdong province collided with a crane and a local truck on a highway linking Rong county and Cenxi county in east Guangxi, according to the regional traffic police department.
Six people were killed on the spot and one seriously injured died at hospital later. The eighth body was found when rescuers were cleaning up the site, police said.
The collision was caused by brake failure of the Guangdong truck. At the moment the crane and the local truck stopped on the highway to rescue another truck which turned over by the roadside.
