Two people were killed Saturday in a chain of motor vehicle collisions on express highway linking Beijing and Shenyang, capital city of northeast China's Liaoning Province.

 

According to the Municipal Public Security Bureau of Shenyang, six traffic accidents involving 28 motor vehicles occurred in succession Saturday morning at the Shenyang section of the express highway, leaving two people dead and several vehicles on fire. Exact figure of the injured remained unknown, said the sources.

 

Policeman and firefighters rushed to the scene for an emergency rescue. By press time, the fire had been quenched while traffic control is continued.

 

It seems that heavy fog and slippery road surface, among other factors, were ascribed to the cause of the tragedy.

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Further investigation is under way.

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 15, 2006)