4 dead, 16 injured in car pileup

PYEONGCHANG, July 17 (Yonhap) -- Four people were killed and 16 others were injured on Sunday as five vehicles piled up on an expressway in Gangwon Province, police said.

The collision took place at 5:54 p.m. on the Seoul-bound side of the Yeongdong Expressway, and those injured were taken to nearby hospitals, they said.

Police said a bus bumped into a passenger car, causing a mass collision of cars behind it.

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