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Eight people including several children died when a kindergarten director lost control of an SUV. The SUV was plunged into a pond in the southeast region of China on Wednesday, as reported by the state media.
The crash occurred on a sloppy downhill section of the road which was a bit slippery caused by the recent rainfall in the region, according to New Security, a publication under the state-run People's Daily Press.
The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon and was reported on Wednesday in Pengze county, a rural area 480 kilometres (300 miles) west of Shanghai dotted with small bodies of water and interlacing streams.
The SUV was used to carry children attending a private kindergarten in the area. It was a seven-seater which was a privately owned vehicle, the report said.
"Several children from the kindergarten were in the vehicle at the time of the accident," it said, citing local officials as quoted by AFP.
A previous statement published overnight by county security authorities confirmed that eight people had died including the driver, identified as a 49-year-old woman surnamed Luo.
One local villager said that his friend's four-year-old child was among the victims, according to the New Security report.
The statement gave no information on the other victims but said an investigation was ongoing.
The crash occurred on a sloppy downhill section of the road which was a bit slippery caused by the recent rainfall in the region, according to New Security, a publication under the state-run People's Daily Press.
The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon and was reported on Wednesday in Pengze county, a rural area 480 kilometres (300 miles) west of Shanghai dotted with small bodies of water and interlacing streams.
The SUV was used to carry children attending a private kindergarten in the area. It was a seven-seater which was a privately owned vehicle, the report said.
"Several children from the kindergarten were in the vehicle at the time of the accident," it said, citing local officials as quoted by AFP.
A previous statement published overnight by county security authorities confirmed that eight people had died including the driver, identified as a 49-year-old woman surnamed Luo.
One local villager said that his friend's four-year-old child was among the victims, according to the New Security report.
The statement gave no information on the other victims but said an investigation was ongoing.
