An injured person is treated at a hospital in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 6, 2016. Nine people were killed and another 43 injured Sunday in two accidents involving multiple vehicles along an expressway in Shanghai. Shanghai weather station issued an orange alert for heavy fog at 6 a.m., the second highest level in China's weather alert system, indicating fog with visibility of less than 200 meters for at least six hours. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)
SHANGHAI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were killed and another 43 injured Sunday in two accidents along an expressway in Shanghai, local authorities said.
According to a Shanghai police press release, police received calls at around 6 a.m. regarding an accident involving multiple vehicles in foggy weather.
In one accident, two people were killed at the scene when a tanker ran into four people who had got off a minibus to look further ahead.
Another accident occurred three kilometers away, when an engineering van was crushed by two heavy vehicles. Five people were killed in the van.
As of 5 p.m., a further 45 were hospitalized. Two died at the hospital.
Further investigation is underway.
Shanghai weather station issued an orange alert for heavy fog at 6 a.m., the second highest level in China's weather alert system, indicating fog with visibility of less than 200 meters for at least six hours.
