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2 dead, 15 injured in E China road accident

Xinhua, June 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two people were killed and another 15 were injured after a truck rolled over in Yichun city in east China's Jiangxi Province on Monday morning, local authorities said.

The accident happened around 6 a.m. when an overload truck with 17 people on board rolled on the road in Meitang village in Yuanzhou district of Yichun city.

One person died at the scene and another died after emergency treatment failed as of 4 p.m..

The 15 injured have been hospitalized. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Endi