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8 killed as tanker overturns in Henan

2012-10-24 11:12 Xinhua     Web Editor: Liu Xian comment
Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2012 shows the accident scene where a cement tanker rolled over and crashed down on a work shed in the Hangkonggang District of Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province. Eight people were killed and six others were injured in the accident. (Xinhua/Zhao Peng)

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2012 shows the accident scene where a cement tanker rolled over and crashed down on a work shed in the Hangkonggang District of Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province. Eight people were killed and six others were injured in the accident. (Xinhua/Zhao Peng)

Eight people were killed and six others were injured when a tanker overturned and crushed a roadside work shed where they were sleeping early on Wednesday in central China's Henan Province, local government said.

The cement-carrying tanker overturned at Hangkonggang District in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan, at around 2:30 a.m., according to a statement from the Zhengzhou municipal government.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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