200-Car Pile-Up In China Leaves 1 Dead After Thick Fog Reduced Visibility To Zero
Cars, vans, and lorries can be seen mangled all along the bridge while people cried out for help.
By Reuters — 29 Dec 2022, 07:02 PM
One person was killed on Wednesday, 28 December, when more than 200 vehicles were involved in a pile-up on a bridge in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou in heavy fog
Cars and trucks could be seen crumpled and piled on top of each other on the Zhengxin Huanghe bridge in pictures and videos posted on social media.
One car was jack-knifed in the middle of a pile in a picture taken from CCTV footage.
"This is too scary. Full of people here, I don't think we can get off the bridge," one person can be heard saying in one video clip.
Many of the injured were trapped in their vehicles, and the fire department sent 11 fire trucks and 66 fire rescue personnel to help, state media reported.
The visibility in many areas was less than 500m on Wednesday morning and down to 200m at times, the meteorological service said
Rescuers said more than 200 vehicles had slammed into each other, media reported.
CCTV reported that cars travelling in both directions over the bridge, a major crossing of the Yellow River, were involved in numerous crashes.
Police later closed the bridge to all traffic.
