High-speed out-of-control trucks cause 8 cars to crash and result in 5 dead and 3 injured serious traffic jams

At 9:45 on August 19, an 8-car chain collision accident occurred at the entrance of Hepingzhen toll station of Qinglan Expressway (Qingdao-Lanzhou), causing 5 deaths and 3 injuries. At about 10 o'clock in the morning, the fire officers and soldiers immediately rushed to the scene after receiving orders from the command center.

According to a truck driver with a vehicle number of Yu R.D682, the traffic police told them that there was a landslide in the expressway ahead. As a result, the two-lane road on the scene was changed to a single lane, resulting in the suspension of some vehicles at high-speed diversions. During this period, a large semi-trailer with the license plate number Henan N.46556 suddenly fell out of control, slammed out from behind and ran into a train waiting to change lanes. A corner of the rear side of the Gansu G.09511 medium-sized fruit truck was severely deformed. Immediately afterwards, the out-of-control semi-trailer pulled out more than fifty meters and slammed into the five cars that were changing lanes ahead. Afterwards, the front of the car changed direction, and a white car was pushed out of the expressway and pressed under the front tires.

The reporter saw at the scene of the incident that the white car was seriously deformed and lost control of the three-quarters of the semi-trailer. Fire officers and soldiers, traffic policemen and medical staff are on the spot. Due to the complicated situation on the site, large semi-trailers are pressed onto small cars. There is no gap in maneuvering. The rescue tools for fire officers and soldiers have no support point and can't start rescue. In the face of this situation, the fire rescue commander and the traffic police department decided to make use of it. Lifting and lifting of large cranes can help rescue people by performing the same method. Rescue workers first used cranes to separate the large semi-trailer from the sedan, and at the same time transferred the large semi-trailer to a safe zone. At this time, the sedan was completely detached from the semi-trailer, which brought certain convenience to the rescue. The fire rescue commander ordered The squadron’s professional work class carried the demolition equipment and cut them one by one with a cutting pliers on top of the sedan. At the same time, the hydraulic top rod was used to support the top layer of the sedan and lifted the top layer of the sedan. The horrible scene was shown to the rescue officers and soldiers. Six people were trapped inside the car and were rescued by medical personnel. Five of them died on the spot. The two injured in the semi-trailer rushing out of the highway and the injured in the off-road vehicle were quickly sent to the hospital.

After the rescue was completed, the large cranes unloaded the goods on the uncontrolled semi-trailer and lifted the semi-trailer after unloading. The accident led to serious traffic jams on the expressway between Tianshui and Lanzhou, and the traffic jam was up to five kilometers. Thousands of vehicles were stuck on the highway. Currently, the cause of the accident is under investigation.

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