120725 Shanxi expressway pileup kills 8, injures 5
China Jul 25 2012 “Automobile & Railway”
Dead : dead 5 to 9 Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 1 to 9
Web Source: China Daily
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Date: 25 July, 2012
Country: China
Shanxi expressway pileup kills 8, injures 5
Updated: 2012-07-25-12:40
TAIYUAN – Eight people were confirmed dead and five others were injured in an expressway pileup involving a heavy truck and several cars Tuesday in North China’s Shanxi Province, police said early Wednesday.
The truck, failing to brake in time, rear-ended the cars that had pulled over near the Renyi toll station of Lingshi county on a pivotal expressway linking Beijing and the southwestern city of Kunming, at around 5 pm.
The truck driver had apparently failed to notice a traffic ban on the Lingshi section of the expressway after a tanker caught fire around 4:10 pm, a rescuer with the county’s traffic police authority said.
Rescue work lasted until 10:30 pm, when seven people were found dead. Another passenger died later in hospital.
The five injured were in stable condition, Shanxi Provincial Public Security Bureau said in a press release Wednesday morning.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.