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Agence France-Presse

Seventeen people were killed and 22 were injured on Sunday in a traffic accident in eastern China’s Jiangxi province.
“The accident caused 17 deaths, 22 people were injured, and the injured have been sent to hospital,” state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing local authorities.
The “major road traffic accident” took place just before 1am in Nanchang county, the report said.
“The cause of the accident is under in-depth investigation,” CCTV added.

Local news outlet Jimu, affiliated with the state-owned Hubei Daily Media Group, said the accident took place when a truck hit a funeral procession.
People had been carrying out a roadside offering to the dead before planning to head to the crematorium on Sunday morning, a woman surnamed Deng told the outlet.
They were hit by a truck, the report said, with most of the dead and injured being funeral attendees.
Another resident, surnamed Gong, told the outlet his wife had been killed in the accident and that they had been attending the funeral.
The truck suddenly crashed into the back of the line, tearing through the group before finally reaching the hearse, he said.
Around an hour after news of the accident emerged, Nanchang county traffic police issued travel tips to drivers saying the area was experiencing “foggy weather”.
“Driving visibility is poor, there is low visibility, which can easily cause traffic accidents,” it said.
“Please pay attention to fog lights … slow down, drive carefully, keep a safe distance from the car in front, avoid pedestrians, do not change lanes and overtake.”
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Road accidents are common in China due to a lack of strict safety controls.
Last month, one person died during a highway pile-up in central China that involved hundreds of vehicles and was caused by low visibility in fog.
In September, 27 passengers died after a bus transporting them to quarantine facilities in southwestern Guizhou province flipped over on a motorway.


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A nurse attends to a person injured in a traffic accident in Nanchang county in Jiangxi province on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua

Most of the dead and injured are believed to have been funeral attendees. Photo: Weibo

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Accident occurred when a truck hit a funeral procession, news outlet in Nanchang county reports
County traffic police force issues fog and low visibility warning to drivers around an hour after news of the accident emerged


Accident occurred when a truck hit a funeral procession, local news outlet reports.
