At least 13 people were killed in central China's Henan province early on Thursday after an overcrowded minibus crashed into the back of a big truck.
The collision arose at about 2:40 am local time on a section of the G40 highway, running from Shanghai to Xian in Shaanxi province, China's Ministry of Public Security mentioned in a statement.
The minibus was approved to carry nine passengers, but had 16 people on board at the time that this crash occurred.
The passenger bus rear-ended a semi-trailer truck traveling ahead of it. Following this incident, the ministry shared how it dispatched a working team to Nanyang to guide this investigation.
The ministry said that it attached great importance to this incident, immediately after dispatching a working group to Nanyang led by a traffic management bureau official to direct the investigation and handling of the work.