One person was killed and dozens were injured, trapped inside their cars
A man died today in a pile-up involving more than 200 vehicles on the Zhengxin Huanghe Bridge in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou.
The cause of the huge carambola was the dense fog prevailing in the area.
Because of the fog #الصين #China #Zhengzhou pic.twitter.com/6eMhZfY4bK
— Erem News (@EremNews) December 28, 2022
Photos and videos posted on social media showed cars and trucks crashing into each other. In fact, in the middle of the jam, one car is on top of another.
The accident on the Zhengxin Yellow River Bridge in #Zhengzhou City involved more than 200 vehicles and resulted in one death pic.twitter.com/c9jYiz9xAO
— China Perspective (@China_Fact) December 28, 2022
“It’s very scary. There are a lot of people here, I don’t think we can get off the bridge,” someone is heard saying in a short video.
Many of the injured were trapped in their vehicles and the fire department sent 11 vehicles and 66 firefighters to help, state media reported.
25 days until Chinese New Year. Zhengxin Yellow River Bridge in ☭#china‘s Zhengzhou (home of deadly man-made floods in 2021 killing 10k & recent Foxconn “Great Escape”), more than 400 vehicles collided in a row due to reckless drivers, heavy fog & black ice on the road. pic.twitter.com/P9DNZRg1XT
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CCTV reported that many collisions occurred between passing cars in both directions of the bridge, which is a major crossing of the Yellow River.
Police later closed the bridge to traffic.
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