Official on trial for deadly car accident

A senior official in Shanxi province who allegedly killed his provincial supervisor in an October expressway accident stood trial in a local court on Saturday.

Li Yi, vice-chairman of the Xinzhou city committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was charged with killing Jin Yinhuan, chairwoman of the provincial committee of CPPCC, in a traffic accident on Oct 11.

The court said a verdict will be handed down later after an eight-hour trial on Saturday.