11 killed in Sichuan landslide

Eleven people were confirmed dead and 19 others seriously injured after a landslide hit nine vehicles in southwest China's Sichuan province on Thursday afternoon.

The landslide occurred around 2:45pm on a section of the No. 213 National Highway in Maoxian County, according to sources with the county's publicity department.

Some 3,000 cubic meters of dirt and stone hit a truck, seven cars and a pick-up truck.

The injured have been sent to a local hospital. As of 6:40pm, six seriously injured people had been transferred to the Huaxi Hospital in the city of Chengdu, the provincial capital.

Rescue work is still under way.