On the morning of the 22nd, a truck that was carrying sand plunged into a pedestrian on a road in Sakai City, Hunan Province, inland China, 10 people were killed and 16 people were injured. The driver was seized by the police. Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
According to a video distributed by a Chinese news site, the truck stopped by the road in a state full of sand after the accident. It shows the residents gathering at the accident site and getting confused. The Hong Kong media reports suspicion that the brakes did not work because the trucks carried sand that far exceeded the maximum load capacity. (Guangzhou Yuichiro Masumi)