Two people were killed and at least 33 others were injured in a
14-vehicle pileup Wednesday afternoon in Chongqing, a municipality in southwest
China.
The local police source said the accident took place at around
4:30?PM on the Yongchuan section of the expressway linking
Chongqing with Chengdu, capital of neighboring Sichuan Province.
The accident happened when the area was hit by a heavy
rainstorm, witnesses said.
Investigation into the cause of the pileup is already
underway.
(Xinhua News Agency April 27, 2006)
