Five killed, three injured after car pileup in east China

Five people were killed and three others were injured following a car pileup that involved a car and three trucks on a highway in Jieshou County in Anhui Province, China on Friday.

Four people were pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash took place at about 1:50 a.m.

Another person succumbed to injuries despite emergency treatment.

The three injured people are being treated in a local hospital and they are now in stable condition.

It is yet to be known that what caused the crash.