A series-reaction accident involving 13 automobiles, together with a tank truck, occurred on an expressway within the southeastern metropolis of Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, early Monday morning, killing two and injuring 4 others.
The chain rear-end collisions occurred on a bridge close to the Shinnyeong interchange on the Sangju-Yeongcheon expressway, North Gyeongsang Province, at 3:12 a.m., when the 26-ton tank truck loaded with 24,000 liters of bunker C oil rear-ended a 25-ton cargo truck, in keeping with police.
Afterward, a 14-ton truck rear-ended the tank truck, resulting in a sequence response of collisions amongst seven different automobiles, together with passenger vehicles and a bus.
Additionally, a number of H beams loaded on one of many vans fell on the alternative lane, inflicting extra collisions of a passenger automotive, one other tank truck and a 13-ton cargo truck, as they tried to keep away from the fallen objects.
Police mentioned two passenger automotive drivers and one truck driver have been killed, and 4 others have been injured within the accident. They added some 20 passengers on the bus weren’t injured.
The accident resulted in fires in three automobiles — a tank truck, a 14-ton cargo truck and a 2.5-ton cargo truck — however they have been utterly extinguished in two hours and half-hour.
Police mentioned oil from one of many tank vans concerned within the accident flowed into close by rice paddies and waterways.
