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Asia One Dead After Massive 200-Vehicle Pile-Up in China's Zhengzhou
Channel News Asia ^ | 28 Dec 2022

Posted on 12/28/2022 12:57:13 AM PST by nickcarraway

Aerial pictures showed cars, vans and lorries piled up on one section of the highway in dense fog.

One person died during a highway pile-up involving about 200 vehicles in central China's Zhengzhou city, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday (Dec 28), with images of the accident showing scenes of chaos.

Aerial pictures showed passenger cars, vans and lorries - many of which had smashed into one another - piled up on one section of the highway in dense fog.

Other viral videos posted online showed the mangled remains of several vehicles that had crashed into others.

The accident occurred due to low visibility from fog, state media reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


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1 posted on 12/28/2022 12:57:13 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Bkmk


2 posted on 12/28/2022 3:24:53 AM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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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.

I know departments in the U.S. tend to dispatch too many resources to incidents (which can then be turned away), but this seems like not enough manpower and equipment for a pile-up of hundreds of cars.

3 posted on 12/28/2022 5:11:55 AM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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They were victims of DWA.


4 posted on 12/29/2022 2:35:19 AM PST by rxh4n1
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They were victims of DWA.

How true is this! They are still crawling from the wreckage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uah8DjH95hI

 What a Chinese fire drill kind of chaos.

5 posted on 12/29/2022 2:49:57 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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