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6 killed, 5 seriously injured on foggy E China highway

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-24 20:38

NANJING: Six people were killed and five others seriously injured in a series of pile-ups on a foggy highway in east China's Jiangsu Province on Saturday, local police said.

Five separate accidents occurred at around 8 am at the fog-shrouded Gaoyou Section of the Beijing-Shanghai Highway. As of 7:30 pm, six people have been confirmed dead.