A van carrying 10 toddlers crashed into a sedan Tuesday afternoon in east China's Shandong province, leaving one child dead and eight others injured, the local government said.

The tragedy happened at 5 p.m., when the van collided with a sedan at an intersection in the Rencheng district of the city of Jining, said an official with the district government.

The van is believed to have been hired by a local kindergarten to take the children home after school, a preliminary investigation showed.

One child died after being sent to a local hospital. The injured, including three with serious injuries, are in stable condition, the official said.

The local government is probing the cause of the accident.

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