“It's very scary.
There are a lot of people here, I don't think we can get out of the bridge,” exclaims a witness trapped by dozens of vehicles crushed and crushed by the violence of the shocks.
Footage captured by a drone shows the extent of this gigantic pileup on a bridge over the Yellow River between the cities of Zhengzhou and Xian in Xinxiang, central China.
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Metrological conditions were very bad in the area with reduced visibility when the first vehicles collided on this suspended part of the 6-lane wide G 107 motorway.
On the images of the witnesses we see a truck arriving at high speed which fits into stationary cars.
The authorities called the emergency services which intervened in this extraordinary accident.
Eleven fire engines and sixty-six rescuers were sent to the scene.
The tragedy left one dead and many injured, trapped in their vehicle.
China regularly experiences large-scale pile-ups on the country's highways.