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7 killed after truck plunges into valley in E China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-11 14:13
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FUZHOU -- Seven people, including a highway maintenance worker, were killed after a truck fell off a mountain Saturday in east China's Fujian Province, local police said Sunday.

The accident happened at 11:25 a.m. Saturday when a truck loaded with more than 20 tonnes of lumber crashed through a guard rail and plunged into a 30-meter-deep valley in Guanyang Town of Fuding City, police said.

Seven bodied were recovered at around 9:00 p.m. Saturday. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.