Five killed after car hits tree in NE China

Updated: 2012-02-06 13:15

(xinhua)

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HARBIN - Five people were killed late Sunday after their car hit a tree in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, local authorities said.

The accident occurred at around 8 pm after a sedan carrying five people crashed into a tree by a state road in Shuangcheng city, police said.

Traffic police are still trying to find out how the tragedy happened.