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Twenty dead in E China traffic accident

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-03-27 19:31

NANCHANG - Twenty people died and 11 others were injured in a traffic accident in east China's Jiangxi Province Friday afternoon.

The accident occurred around 3 p.m. when a bus and two trucks collided on an expressway in Fengcheng City, said police with Jiangxi Public Security Department.

Senior provincial officials are on their way to the site to direct rescue operations.

Other details of the accident are currently unavailable.