An unexpected heavy fog caused a pileup on an expressway in
central China's Hunan Province, killing at least four people
Saturday, local authorities said.
More than 30 vehicles were involved in the accident, which
occurred at about 7 a.m. on the Beijing-Zhuhai expressway near
Zhuzhou City, a spokesman for the Hunan Provincial Expressway
Administration said.
The expressway traffic was halted for about five hours after the
accident, he said.
But he said that he was unclear about whether there were people
injured in the accident.
A traffic police officer reached via mobile phone at the pileup
site told Xinhua that an investigation was underway.
But he would not provide further details.
(Xinhua News Agency November 11, 2007)