Expressway Pileups Kills 3 and Injures 43 More in South Korea
This was a horrible accident believed to have been caused by icy roads:
At least three people were killed and 43 others injured Monday in two expressway pileups in southwestern South Korea following heavy snow, authorities said.
At least six of the 43 hurt were said to be in critical conditions.
The first accident occurred at 12:23 p.m. when a tank truck carrying nitric acid reportedly ran into a small pile of cars involved in an earlier accident inside a tunnel on a highway connecting Suncheon and Wanju in North Jeolla Province.
About a dozen other vehicles ran into the truck, which had spilled its load and caught fire, according to police and rescue officials.
The third and latest victim was found in a car crushed under the tank truck. Those injured have been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Yonhap
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“This was a horrible accident believed to have been caused by icy roads: ”
Icy roads in a tunnel?
You have two main types of drivers in bad weather in Korea. Those that keep speeding regardless of conditions and thise that slow to 40km under the posted limit, basically become navigatonal hazards. Put those two on an express way together and this happens.
CH, probably accident started just outside the tunnel and back up continued into the tunnel.
An accident? Given the way so many people drive (let’s call it that) in Korea, it’s more like an inevitable.