26 Killed in Hubei Province Expressway Accident

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The death toll in a road accident in central China's Hubei Province has reached 26. A long-distance coach was hit by a truck and caught fire on Monday morning. Local police report that another 31 are injured.

The accident happened at about 4am on the Suizhou-Yueyang expressway, which links Suizhou in Hubei with Yueyang in adjacent Hunan Province.

A spokesman with the Hubei traffic police headquarters says the bus was hit by the truck from the behind and ran off the road. The bus then overturned and caught fire.

People from both the bus and truck were hurt... three are in critical condition.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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