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1st LD-Writethru: 10 killed in China minibus-truck collision

Xinhua,February 11, 2018 Adjust font size:

WUHAN, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and one was injured after a minibus collided with a truck Saturday afternoon in central China's Hubei Province, said the local government.

The accident occurred at 1:40 p.m. when the minibus with 11 people aboard crashed head-on into a heavy truck on a national highway stretch in Yangxin County.

Ten of the 11 died. The injured passenger is receiving treatment in a local hospital and has no life dangers.

The 11 people on the minibus were natives of Ruichang City in Jiangxi Province. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Enditem