A total of 16 people were killed, and 66 others injured in five road accidents that happened in about 10 minutes on Saturday afternoon on the Xuchang-Guangzhou Highway in Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, the local highway traffic police said in a statement on Sunday.

The Ministry of Emergency Management earlier said 182 firefighters had been dispatched to the site for the rescue operation. All the injured people have been sent to hospitals, and the eight seriously injured are in stable condition.

An investigation into the accidents and the settlement of the aftermath are currently underway.

Source CGTN

BDST: 1646 HRS, FAB 05, 2023
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