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Chain crash kills 5, injures 32 in E China,

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-24 11:16

FUZHOU -- A chain collision of 14 vehicles left five dead and 32 others injured on Saturday, in Ningde city of east China's Fujian Province, local traffic police said on Sunday.

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The accident occurred at 10:10 pm when a bus collided with a truck on the Ningde section of the Shenyang-Haikou highway which links northeast Liaoning province to southernmost Hainan Province, and caused a total of 14 vehicles collided, with six of them destroyed.

Five people died on the spot and 32 others were injured and sent to a nearby hospital.

An investigation into the cause is underway.