No fewer than 13 people have been confirmed dead after a minibus crashed into a truck on a highway in central China.
The accident, according to traffic police, occurred in the early hours of the Thursday in Henan province near the city of Nanyang, which has a population of about 9 million people.
According to police, the minibus struck the truck on the G40 expressway, a major route linking the eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai with Shaanxi province in northern China.
Police said 16 people were travelling in the minibus, which was licensed to carry nine passengers. Three people were injured.
Authorities did not immediately provide further details about the cause of the crash.
China’s Ministry of Public Security dispatched a working group to investigate the accident, police said.