Three people died and 69 others were injured after a road accident in east China's Shandong Province, local authorities said Friday.
The pile-up accident involving a dozen vehicles happened at 8:45 a.m. on a snow-coated road section of the expressway from the provincial capital of Jinan to Guangzhou in Pingyin County in Jinan City.
A total of 72 people were injured during the accident and three of them died in hospital.
Traffic along the expressway has resumed.
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