At least 16 people were killed Saturday when a road maintenance vehicle carrying workers was hit from behind by a cargo truck and plunged off a viaduct in eastern China, state press reported. All fatalities were to those in the road maintenance vehicle following the collision on a highway in Jiangxi province early Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. An unspecified number of injured were rushed to hospital. The cause of the accident was being investigated. Nearly 73,500 people died in road accidents in China last year, or just over 200 fatalities per day, according to police statistics. 