(Beijing) Seventeen people were killed and 22 were injured in a traffic accident in east China’s Jiangxi province on Sunday, state media reported.
“The accident left 17 dead, 22 people were injured, the injured were sent to the hospital”, according to the television channel CCTV, citing local authorities, and added that “the cause of the accident is the ‘subject of in-depth investigation’.
The “major traffic accident” happened shortly before 1 a.m. (12 p.m. EST) in Nanchang County, she said.
About an hour after the news broke, traffic police in Nanchang County issued advice to drivers, warning that the area was experiencing “foggy weather”. “Visibility behind the wheel is poor. There is poor visibility, which can easily cause traffic accidents. »
“Please watch out for fog lights…slow down, drive carefully, keep a safe distance from the car in front of you, avoid pedestrians, don’t change lanes and don’t overtake,” she added.
Road accidents are common in China due to a lack of strict safety checks.
Last month, one person died in a pile-up on a highway in central China, involving hundreds of vehicles and caused by low visibility due to fog.
In September, 27 passengers lost their lives after a bus carrying them to quarantine facilities in southwest China’s Guizhou province overturned on a highway.