MIL-OSI Russia: Police arrest driver responsible for fatal crash in eastern China

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Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

JINAN, May 6 (Xinhua) — A driver surnamed Cai has been taken into custody on suspicion of committing a crime. The detained driver is the suspected culprit in a fatal traffic accident in the county-level city of Tengzhou, east China’s Shandong Province, local authorities said Tuesday.

The accident happened at about 4:05 p.m. on Sunday when Cai, 29, went shopping in his car after drinking alcohol at lunch that day and tried to overtake another vehicle on the right, the local Public Security Bureau said.

As a result of the incident, two people died on the spot, four more died later, despite the efforts of doctors. Two more people were injured and their lives are currently out of danger.

The investigation into this case is ongoing. -0-

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