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Beijing:

At least 16 people were killed and 66 others were injured when 49 vehicles collided within 10 minutes in central China's Hunan province.

This information was given in a media report on Sunday.

The accident happened on the Shuchang-Guangzhou highway in Changsha city on Saturday evening.

The state-run news portal CGTN reported that a total of 49 vehicles collided within 10 minutes.

Quoting the local traffic police department in the news, it was said that 16 people died and 66 others were injured in the accident.

It said that all the injured have been admitted to the hospital, out of which the condition of eight is critical.

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