BEIJING — A truck crashed into a passenger van on a highway in northwest China’s Ningxia region on Thursday morning, killing nine people.
Two other people were injured in the accident that occurred at 7:40 a.m. outside the city of Qingtongxia, according to the state-run Ningxia Daily newspaper. The injured are stable in a hospital.
The driver of the pickup truck was among the dead, an official told state media, while the driver of the truck is receiving emergency medical care.
Images from local media showed that the front of the truck was destroyed.
Authorities said they were investigating the cause of the crash.