The reporter learned from the Hunan Provincial Highway Traffic Police Bureau on the 5th that five multi-vehicle rear-end traffic accidents occurred at Wangcheng Section of Xuzhou-Guangzhou Expressway on the afternoon of the 4th, killing 16 people. At about 17:00 on February 4, there were five traffic accidents in the 676 km section of Xuzhou-Guangzhou Expressway from the south to the north, and some vehicles involved caught fire. The preliminary investigation showed that there were five traffic accidents in about 10 minutes before and after the accident, and one accident caused seven deaths and involved seven vehicles; Three accidents caused three deaths respectively, involving 11, 10 and 9 vehicles; Another accident did not cause death, involving 12 vehicles. Another 66 people were injured in the accident, and the injured were sent to the hospital for full treatment in time, of which 8 were seriously injured and their vital signs were temporarily stable. After the accident, the rescue personnel from the departments of public security, transportation, emergency, fire protection, health care and other departments of Hunan Province rushed to the scene quickly, and actively carried out the on-site search and rescue, the treatment of the injured, and the traffic guidance in conjunction with the two levels of government in Changsha. At present, the traffic of the accident section has been restored, and the accident investigation and related aftermath disposal carried out simultaneously with the rescue work are being carried out in an orderly manner. (Xinhua News Agency)