Traffic accidents kill 8 in central China Thirteen traffic accidents killed eight and injured 13 people on Monday on a single highway in c...

Traffic accidents kill 8 in central China

Thirteen traffic accidents killed eight and injured 13 people on Monday on a single highway in central China's Henan province. (CNS Photo/Shao Wei)

Thirteen traffic accidents killed eight and injured 13 people on Monday on a single highway in central China's Henan province. (CNS Photo/Shao Wei)

ZHENGZHOU, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen traffic accidents killed eight and injured 13 people on Monday on a single highway in central China's Henan province, police have told Xinhua.

The accidents happened from 6:17 a.m. to 7:20 a.m. in heavy fog on the Beijing-Zhuhai Highway in Xinyang city in Henan, according to traffic police.

Rescuers reached all the accident sites and all the injured people have been hospitalized, police said.

Investigations have been launched into the cause of all the accidents, they added.