100-car accident in China fog leaves seven dead, 15 injured

Mon, 27 Dec 2010

Beijing - At least seven people died and 15 were injured Monday in a pile-up involving about 100 vehicles on a fog-bound expressway in south-western China's Guizhou province.

The pile-up started when a truck crashed into a petrol station in Zunyi county about 8 am (0000 GMT), the official Xinhua news agency reported from Zunyi.

After the initial collision, at least 100 other vehicles crashed into each other, causing a 20-kilometer tailback, the agency quoted firefighters as saying.

Heavy fog still limited visibility to about 50 meters by mid-morning, it said.

China records an average of about 200 deaths per day in road accidents, but the World Health Organization has previously estimated the daily total of Chinese pedestrians, drivers, cyclists and others killed at more than twice the official figure.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/359763,seven-dead-15-injured.html.