Thick fog in China leads to colossal 200-car traffic accident VIDEO

More than 200 vehicles were involved in a major pileup in central China on Wednesday due to heavy fog, local authorities said.

Images taken on Zhengxin Huanghe Bridge, a major crossing connecting the cities of Zhengzhou and Xinxiang in Henan province, showed cars and trucks stopped sideways on the multilane road, which was closed to traffic for several hours, Newsweek reports.

In social media footage circulating on Weibo, Twitter and elsewhere, drivers and passengers were seen standing on top of cars to survey the wreckage after dozens of vehicles had rear-ended one another due to low visibility.

There was a huge pileup involving 400+ vehicles on Zhengxin Huanghe Bridge (郑新黄河大桥) — which connects Henan’s Zhengzhou and Xinxiang across the Yellow River — due to dense fog and icy road surface at around 10am Dec 28 morning…

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— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) December 28, 2022

Zhengzhou traffic police said the pileup happened at roughly 7:40 a.m. local time on the southbound section of the bridge. Authorities estimated between 280 and 290 vehicles were involved in the accident.

Injured drivers and passengers were taken to local hospitals for treatment, said the emergency services. At least one person died as a result of the pileup, China's state media said.

Witnesses told the local media that thick fog and icy roads contributed to the series of crashes on the major crossing. Visibility on the bridge dropped to as low as 65 feet, they said.

Some vehicles were damaged, while others were unscathed but stuck in the pileup, which happened in three places, witnesses said.