Seven killed in highway pile up in China

At least seven people were killed and three others injured in a nine-vehicle pile-up in China on Friday. The accident happened after midnight, when a heavy semi-trailer hit six cars and another two trucks waiting in lines along a section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway in Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. China is currently experiencing heavy rush on its main highways due to seven-day National Day holidays.