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Car crash kills 6 in NE China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-01-10 17:02

HARBIN - Six people were killed in a three-car crash on a highway in northeast China's Heilongjiang province Monday, local police said.

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A car veered into the opposite lane when trying to overtake another car and crashed with an incoming car at about 10:20 am in Hulan District, Heilongjiang's capital of Harbin, resulting in the collision of the three cars, the public security bureau in Hulan District said in a statement.

Four people died at the scene and two died later at hospital, it said.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident.