China: Truck crash claims 14 lives and injured over 30

At least 14 people were killed and more than 30 injured after a truck driver lost control at expressway toll on Saturday night in China. The driver has been detained by the police and investigation is underway.

The incident took place on Saturday after a heavy truck lost control, hit 31 cars and crashed into a line of vehicles waiting at a toll station on the Lanzhou-Haikou Expressway, state-run China Daily reported on Sunday.

According to media reports, “Another 44 people were injured in the pile-up at the toll station which is close to Lanzhou, capital of Gansu.”

Last week, 13 people were killed after a fist fight between a woman passenger and a driver caused a bus to plunge from a bridge into the mighty Yangtze River in southwest China.

Deadly road accidents have become a common thing in China, where traffic regulations are often flouted or go unenforced. Violations of traffic laws were blamed for nearly 90 percent of accidents that caused deaths or injuries that year.

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