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Truck pile-up injures 2 in Jiading
Created: 2008-7-10 14:38:36
Author:Yang Lifei
TWO people were seriously injured in a multi-vehicle collision in Jiading District early this morning, the Shanghai Evening Newspaper reported.
Three trucks were involved in the accident at an expressway exit at Jiasong Road N. at 4:30am. The driver and one passenger in a container truck were injured when their vehicle smashed into the back of another truck, the newspaper said.
Traffic police were still investigating the cause but the report blamed driver fatigue. A driver of one container truck, who was allegedly sleepy at the time, did not notice a truck parked near the expressway exit and smashed into it. Another container truck failed to brake in time and crashed into the back of the pile-up.
The driver of the parked truck was sleeping when his vehicle was hit, the report said.
``Three trucks were stopped by the roadside when I passed the scene at 4:45am,'' a witness surnamed Wang told the newspaper. ``Two people were trapped inside the cab of the third vehicle.''
Firemen from the Anting Fire Control Brigade told the newspaper that one of the injured was unconscious.
Three trucks were involved in the accident at an expressway exit at Jiasong Road N. at 4:30am. The driver and one passenger in a container truck were injured when their vehicle smashed into the back of another truck, the newspaper said.
Traffic police were still investigating the cause but the report blamed driver fatigue. A driver of one container truck, who was allegedly sleepy at the time, did not notice a truck parked near the expressway exit and smashed into it. Another container truck failed to brake in time and crashed into the back of the pile-up.
The driver of the parked truck was sleeping when his vehicle was hit, the report said.
``Three trucks were stopped by the roadside when I passed the scene at 4:45am,'' a witness surnamed Wang told the newspaper. ``Two people were trapped inside the cab of the third vehicle.''
Firemen from the Anting Fire Control Brigade told the newspaper that one of the injured was unconscious.
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