Eight people died after a truck fully-laden with mango and 21 migrant workers plunged down a cliff in south China's Hainan Province Sunday.
The accident occurred at about 1:00 p.m., when the truck skidded off the road and landed in a 20-meter-deep valley on its way to the Shilu Iron Mine in Changjiang County.
The driver was among the five persons killed instantly. Rescuers are doing their best to treat the injured, and police have launched an investigation into the accident.
(Xinhua News Agency June 3, 2002)
