Six people were killed and another nine were injured following a
traffic accident in central China's Hunan Province, according to local
sources.
The accident took place at about 10?AM in the Taoyuan
County of the Changde County, where a villager Liu Nanhai driving a
tri-motorcycle with 15 people on board plunged into a truck. One
person on Liu's vehicle was killed on the spot, five died in
hospital and the other nine are still hospitalized. It is not known
yet whether Liu is on the dead list.
The truck driver was not hurt. Liu has no driving license, while
none of the vehicles has a plate.
Cause of the accident is under investigation.
Over 130 traffic accidents were reported each year with over ten
fatalities, said Suo Lisheng, Standing Committee member of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's National
Committee in Beijing on Sunday.
Traffic accident is one of the major killers for Chinese people.
In 2005 the Ministry of Public Security has reported over 90,000
people killed by traffic accidents, accounting for about one-fifth
of the total traffic accident fatalities in the world.
(Xinhua News Agency October 16, 2006)
