November 06, 2009 09:38 am | Updated December 17, 2016 05:16 am IST - BEIJING
State media has reported that at least 19 people were killed after a truck crashed into a crowd of people on the side of a road in northern China.
The official Xinhua News Agency says the accident in a rural area of Hebei province happened after dusk on Thursday when the truck hit another vehicle and then crashed into the crowd.
No reason was given for the accident, which left an additional 13 people in hospital..
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