A fire fighter tries to put out a fire caused by vehicles' collision along a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Seven people died and another three were injured in a nine-vehicle pile-up early on Friday, authorities said. (Xinhua/Deng Gaohua) 

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5 dead, 3 injured in Guangdong vehicle pile-up

GUANGZHOU, June 13 (Xinhua) -- A seven-vehicle pile-up on Wednesday left five people dead and another three injured, authorities in south China's Guangdong province said.

The accident happened at 8:55 a.m. in Ruyuan county in the city of Shaoguan on the expressway from Beijing to Hong Kong and Macao, said a spokesman with the provincial emergency response office.

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A fire fighter carries a passenger injured in the vehicle collision along a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 5, 2012. Seven people died and another three were injured in a nine-vehicle pile-up early on Friday, authorities said. (Xinhua/Deng Gaohua)