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12 killed, 11 injured in China farm vehicle rollover

Published : 12 May 2019, 23:30

  DF-Xinhua Report
Rescuers carry an injured person at the site of a traffic accident in Wenling, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 12, 2019. Photo Xinhua.

Twelve people were killed and 11 others injured after a farm vehicle overturned Sunday in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, local authorities said.

The rollover occurred halfway up a mountain in Songmen town, Wenling city, the local public security bureau said.

Eight people were found dead on the spot and four died after failed emergency treatment. Eleven injured people are still being treated in hospital.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.