Up to 18 people were killed and more than 13 were injured in an accident due to a collision between a passenger coach and a truck on a highway in central China, police stated.
The accident took place Friday evening in Hunan province south of the capital Beijing, according to AP, which reported that apparently one of the vehicles may have crossed a center divider.
Both vehicles appeared to be heavily damaged along the rain-slicked highway, in one of the worst accidents in recent months.
Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are most often the cause of serious traffic accidents in China, AP reported.
World Health Organization (WHO) says up to 260,000 Chinese die each year in traffic accidents, many of them pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcycle riders.
