Traffic accidents killed 390 people across the country from Jan.
7 to Jan. 28, or the Spring Festival travel season, sources from
the Ministry of Public Security announced Thursday.
The 390 victims were killed in a total of 46 traffic accidents
during the Spring Festival peak tour season. The accidents also
left 509 people injured.
The sources from the Traffic Control Bureau of the Ministry of
Public Security said the death toll increased by 205 people, or 111
percent from the same period last year, and the number of injured
people increased by 279 people, or 121 percent from the same period
last year.
The sources blamed the rise of traffic accidents during the
Spring Festival on speeding, overloading and illegally
overtaking.
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(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2004)