Road accidents kill 41
( 2003-10-03 10:19) (Xinhua)
Forty-one people were killed and 53 injured in road accidents in China on
Oct. 1, the first day of the country's week-long National Day Holiday.
The figures come from the traffic control department under the Ministry of
Public Security (MPS).
At 10:24 a.m. on Wednesday, a car rolled into a roadside stream in Luzhai
County of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, leaving four dead
and one injured. At 1:55 p.m. the same day, a car collided with a farm truck in
Guilin City of Guangxi, causing five deaths and three injuries. Later an
accident involving three cars at 5:10 p.m. in north China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region resulted in five deaths and six injuries.
South China's Guangdong Province reported a total of 26 traffic accidents
with 27 dead and 43 injured.
As a golden opportunity for tourism, the holiday has seen a soaring vehicle
volume in and out of the country's major scenic spots.
By noon of Thursday, some 12,000 vehicles had been to Beijing tourist sites,
and the number of tourists approached 250,000.
Officials with the traffic control department of MPS reminded travelers to
pay more attention to road safety as the number of vehicles had increased
dramatically in the holiday.
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