08 November 2005
Zhou Wenguang
Road accident
Zhou Wenguang, a Chinese photographer, was killed in a traffic accident.
The Xinhua News Agency photographer suffered grave injuries in a traffic accident on the way to cover mine cave-ins in north China's Hebei Province and died in a local hospital. The press car, carrying Zhou overturned and fell into the roadside ditch when avoiding a pedestrian who suddenly appeared infront of the vehicle. Zhou was born in 1957 and has a teenage daughter.
