Eight people died in a traffic accident in this capital city of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Friday, Xinhua quoted local police as saying. A five-seat sedan carrying eight people and a truck collided on a crossroad in the city at about 11:30 p.m., leaving seven passengers, including a 60-year old woman, in the car dead at the scene and the driver failed to survive after treatment in hospital. Local police have launched an investigation into the accident.
