Hospital workers attend to a person injured in a coach-truck collision accident in Hengdong County, central China's Hunan Province. Picture: Xiao Yahui/Xinhua via AP

Beijing — The death toll in a head-on collision between a passenger coach and a truck on a highway in central China has risen to 18, with another 14 people injured, police said Saturday. The accident took place Friday evening in Hunan province south of the capital Beijing. Footage from the scene showed both heavily damaged vehicles along the rain-slicked highway. It appeared that one of the vehicles may have crossed a centre divider.

Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are most often the cause of serious traffic accidents in China. Friday's disaster appeared to be one of the worst in recent months.

Despite vast improvements in safety, the World Health Organization says about 260,000 Chinese die each year in traffic accidents, many of them pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcycle riders. Long-distance coach buses are a cheaper alternative to high-speed trains or planes for the vast majority of working-class Chinese travelling around the vast country.

AP</s>BEIJING (AP) — Eighteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in central China, police said Saturday.

The accident took place Friday evening in Hunan province south of Beijing. Video from the scene showed both heavily damaged vehicles along the rain-slicked highway. It appeared that one of the vehicles may have crossed a center divider.

Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are most often the cause of serious traffic accidents in China. Friday's accident appeared to be one of the worst in recent months.

Despite vast improvements in safety, the World Health Organization says about 260,000 Chinese die each year in traffic accidents, many of them pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcycle riders. Long-distance buses are a cheaper alternative to high-speed trains or planes for the vast majority of working-class Chinese traveling around the vast country.</s>BEIJING—The death toll in a head-on collision between a passenger coach and a truck on a highway in central China has risen to 18, with another 14 people injured, police said Saturday.

The accident took place Friday evening in Hunan province south of the capital Beijing. Footage from the scene showed both heavily damaged vehicles along the rain-slicked highway. It appeared that one of the vehicles may have crossed a centre divider.</s>The death toll in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on a highway in central China has risen to 18, with another 14 people injured, police say.

Footage from Friday night's crash in Hunan province, south of the capital Beijing, shows both heavily damaged vehicles on the rain-slicked highway.

Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are most often the cause of serious traffic accidents in China. Friday's disaster appears to be one of the worst in recent months.</s>The death toll in a head-on collision between a passenger coach and a truck on a highway in central China has risen to 18, with another 14 people injured, police said Saturday. The accident took place last evening in Hunan province south of the capital Beijing. Footage from the scene showed both heavily damaged vehicles along the rain-slicked highway. It appeared that one of the vehicles may have crossed a centre divider.

Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are most often the cause of serious traffic accidents in China. Friday’s disaster appeared to be one of the worst in recent months. Despite vast improvements in safety, the World Health Organisation says about 2,60,000 Chinese people die each year in traffic accidents, many of them pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcycle riders.

Long-distance coach buses are a cheaper alternative to high-speed trains or planes for the vast majority of working-class Chinese travelling around the vast country.

For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App</s>Eighteen people have been killed and another 14 injured in a head-on collision between a passenger coach and a truck on a highway in central China, police said today.

The accident took place on Friday evening in Hunan province, south of the capital Beijing.

Footage from the scene showed both heavily damaged vehicles along the rain-slicked highway.

It appeared that one of the vehicles may have crossed a central divider.

Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are most often the cause of serious traffic accidents in China.

Despite vast improvements in safety, the World Health Organization says about 260-thousand Chinese die each year in traffic accidents, many of them pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcycle riders.

Long-distance coach buses are a cheaper alternative to high-speed trains or planes for the vast majority of working-class Chinese travelling around the vast country.</s>At least 18 people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a coach and a truck in central China, local police said on Saturday.

The accident in Hunan province happened on Friday night when the passenger vehicle crossed a central reservation on a highway in Hengdong county and hit the truck.

Nine people from the coach and one from the truck were confirmed dead on Friday night.

The death toll was increased to 18 on Saturday, and the injured were receiving treatment in four local hospitals.

The coach was operated by a company from Henan, a province to the north of the area where the accident occurred. It is not yet known where the coach was travelling to or from.

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reported that the Henan provincial authorities had previously warned the company about the risks of letting its drivers work while tired.

In April, the company was ordered to provide training to drivers that made them aware of the risks from fatigue.

Speeding, dangerous passing, poorly maintained vehicles and fatigued drivers are the major cause of traffic accidents in China.

The World Health Organisation calculated in 2016 that about 260,000 Chinese people die each year in road accidents, many of them pedestrians, cyclists or motorbike riders.

The Geneva-based body said traffic accidents were among the top 10 causes of deaths world wide and the leading cause of death for people aged between 15 and 29.

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It said up to 3 per cent of the world’s GDP was lost to road traffic deaths and injuries, and as much as 5 per cent in low- to middle-income countries.

Experts said the increasing use of electric bikes in urban areas in China for courier delivers has become a new concern for road safety with the development of e-business.</s>HEBER CITY — A head-on collision involving two vehicles killed one person and injured others Friday, according to officials.

The crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. at 2700 North on state Route 40 in Heber City, Utah Highway Sgt. Jacob Cox said.

One person was killed and at least two others were injured, he said. He did not know how many people were in the vehicles at the time of the accident, or whether there were other injuries.

People injured in the crash were flown to a hospital, he said.

The name of the person killed in the accident was not immediately released.

State Route 40 was expected to be closed to traffic for a few hours while troopers investigated the accident.</s>The driver of a pick-up truck suffered serious injuries following a collision with a shuttle bus in Tobermory on Thursday.

Just after 2:30 p.m., Bruce Peninsula OPP were called to a collision at the intersection of Highway 6 and Big Tub Road involving a grey shuttle bus and a blue Ford F150 pick-up truck. The shuttle bus carrying two passengers was stopped at a stop sign on Highway 6 when it was struck from behind by the pick-up truck, it said in a news release from police.

The two shuttle passengers were treated by paramedics at the scene and released, while the driver of the pick-up truck was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Police are continuing to investigate the collision.</s>TECUMSEH, Okla. – One person is dead after a head-on collision near Tecumseh early Saturday morning involving an Army National Guard bus, according to officials.

The crash happened around 5:15 Saturday morning, on U.S. Highway 177, according to Tecumseh Police Chief J.R. Kidney.

Kidney says the bus was travelling south when a northbound pickup truck crossed over the center of the road and hit the bus head-on.

The driver of the pickup truck was killed, according to Kidney.

Nine National Guardsmen were transported to the hospital, one with severe injuries. There were 26 National Guardsmen on the bus at the time of the accident.

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18 people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in central China.