In China, nine people were killed and seven injured in expressway collisions in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last night. Authorities said, the accidents happened on different sections of an expressway in the city of Usu in Tacheng Prefecture, where multiple vehicles crashed in succession. In total, five large vehicles and seven smaller cars were involved. Local officials said the crashes happened amid sudden heavy fog, combined with sub-zero nighttime temperatures that caused road surfaces to become wet and icy.