Over 200 cars pile up on a China bridge amid heavy fog. Watch video

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on a large scale pile up More than 200 vehicles passed in thick fog on Wednesday on the Zhengxin Yellow River Bridge in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province, killing one person and reporting a three to four kilometer long traffic jam. global timesVideos published on social media car And the trucks crumpled and piled up. One of them was visible in the middle of several other vehicles.

"This is too scary. There are so many people here, I don't think you can get off the bridge," Reuters quoted one person in the clip. Several people were trapped inside vehicles, and about 11 fire engines and 66 firefighters rushed to the scene.

Citing the Zhengzhou Traffic Police, global times According to reports, "One person died Wednesday morning in an accident involving more than 200 vehicles on the Zhengxin Yellow River Bridge in Zhengzhou city, central China's central Henan province, due to heavy fog." is underway and the bridge has so far resumed normal operations." Morning visibility was less than 500 meters in many areas, sometimes dropping to 200 meters, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. channel news asia"It was foggy this morning and the bridge was slippery with water pooling, and cars were coming out one after another." global times Quote xiaoshan morning herald.