Yunnan traffic pileup leaves four deaths

Four people were killed in a 53-vehicle pileup on the Kunming-Chuxiong highway, Yunnan province, at 6:10 am on Monday.

Three were injured in the pileup with more than 80 stranded near the scene, Kunming's Xishan district government said in a statement on Sina Weibo on Monday.

Occurring along the Bijiguan section of the highway, the accident was caused by road ice as a result of extreme weather conditions and a low of - 4 C in recent days, according to preliminary investigation results performed by Kunchu traffic police and local police.