Seven people have been confirmed dead after a rear-end collision Monday morning in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, traffic police said.

The accident occurred at about 6:10 a.m. after a truck was hit by a minibus carrying nine people on a section of Xiyong Street in Shapingba District. 

Seven in the minibus were killed. The other two were rushed to hospital and still in coma.

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