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13 dead, 3 injured in traffic accident

Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and three others injured after an overloaded passenger van rear-ended a semitrailer truck on an expressway section in Central China's Henan province early on Thursday morning, according to local authorities. The crash took place at around 2:40 am at a section in Nanyang city. The nine-seat passenger van was carrying 16 people at the time of the accident. The Ministry of Public Security has dispatched a work team to Nanyang to guide the investigation and response efforts.

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