About 390 people die in traffic accidents during Spring Festival ( 2004-01-30 10:09) (People.com.cn) Traffic accidents killed 390
people in China from Jan. 7 to Jan. 28, the country's Spring Festival travel
season, sources from the Ministry of Public Security announced Thursday.
Traffic accidents killed 390 people in China from Jan. 7 to Jan. 28, the
country's Spring Festival travel season, sources from the Ministry of Public
Security announced Thursday.
The 390 victims were killed in a total of 46 traffic accidents during the
Spring Festival peak tour season. The accidents also left 509 people injured.
The sources from the Traffic Control Bureau of the Ministry of Public
Security said the death toll increased by 205 people, or 111 percent from the
same period last year, and the number of injured people increased by 279 people,
or 121 percent from the same period last year.
The sources blamed the rise of traffic accidents during the Spring Festival
on speeding, overloading and illegally overtaking.
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