At least 17 people have been killed and 22 others injured in a traffic accident in eastern China.
\nAccording to Chinese media, the \u201cmajor road traffic accident\u201d took place just before 1am local time on Sunday (17:00 GMT Saturday) in Nanchang County in the Jiangxi province.
\nIt cited authorities as saying that the injured had been taken to hospital and that an investigation was under way into the cause of the accident.
\nAs per reports, the accident occurred when a truck hit a funeral procession.
\nPeople had been carrying out a roadside offering to the dead before planning to head to the crematorium Sunday morning, a local woman surnamed Deng told reporters.
\nThey were hit by a truck, the report said, with most of the dead and injured being funeral attendees.
\nAnother local man, surnamed Gong, told reporters his wife had been killed in the accident and that they had been attending the funeral.
\nThe truck had suddenly crashed into the back of the line, tearing through the group before finally reaching the hearse, he said.
\nAbout an hour after news of the accident emerged, Nanchang County traffic police issued travel tips to drivers saying the area was experiencing \u201cfoggy weather\u201d.
\n\u201cDriving visibility is poor, there is low visibility, which can easily cause traffic accidents,\u201d it said.
\n\u201cPlease pay attention to fog lights \u2026 slow down, drive carefully, keep a safe distance from the car in front, avoid pedestrians, do not change lanes and overtake,\u201d it added.
\nLast month, one person died during a highway pile-up in central China that involved hundreds of vehicles and was caused by low visibility in fog.
\nAnd in September of last year, 27 passengers died after a bus transporting them to quarantine facilities in southwestern Guizhou province flipped over on a motorway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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