2010-04-03 16:57

SHENYANG - At least two people died Saturday with more trapped in a highway pileup involving at least eight vehicles in northeast China's Liaoning Province, local traffic police said.

Related readings:  2 killed, 6 injured in highway pileup in C China  Highway pileup kills 7, injures 14 in C China  5 killed, 19 injured in traffic pileup in SW China

The two killed people were in a sedan, which collided with a truck and exploded in flames, said a traffic officer on site.

The accident occurred Saturday noon on the Huludao City section of a highway linking Beijing and Shenyang City, capital of Liaoning.

Rescuers are working to get the trapped people out of the truck.

Several vehicles are also on fire. About six fire engines are trying to put out the flames.

Exact number of casualties was not immediately known, the policeman said.

The highway was closed after the accident. A 10-km-long line of vehicles have jammed the road for more than an hour.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident.