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HENAN

Truck hits funeral mourners, kills 9

Nine people were killed after a truck crashed into a funeral procession at around 5 am on Friday morning in central China, local authorities said. Another four people were injured and hospitalized from the incident that occurred on a national highway in Huaibin county, Henan province, according to the county's publicity department. The Ministry of Public Security has sent a team to investigate the case, the department said.