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Five died after car tumbles into canal in Central China

Xinhua | Updated: 2016-11-25 13:23

CHANGSHA -- Five people, including two adults and three children, died after a private car overturned and tumbled into a canal in Central China's Hunan province Friday morning.

The accident happened at around 9 am when a couple was driving three kids to kindergarten in Xiangyin county in the city of Yueyang. The car overturned at a junction and fell into a nearby canal. All five aboard died of drowning, according to local authority.

Police, firefighters, and officials from local education and health departments joined the rescue operation.

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