Death toll rises to 43 in China highway explosion (3)

An injured man receives treatment in a hospital on Longhui County, central China's Hunan Province, July 19, 2014. At least 43 people are confirmed dead and another five injured in an explosion and fire after a vehicle crash on a central China highway early Saturday morning. The accident happened at around 3 a.m. on a section of the Hukun (Shanghai to Kunming) Expressway in Hunan Province, when a van loaded with flammable liquid, probably alcohol, rear-ended a passenger coach. (Xinhua/Guo Guoquan)