In an expressway in the Chinese city of Suzhou, more than 100 cars collided with each other on an icy stretch, injuring many people, on Friday.
‘Several cars piled up haphazardly on the highway’, according to the footage shared on social media. Suzhou Industrial Park traffic police informed that three people were injured and hospitalised, while six suffered minor scratches.
‘The reason behind the pile-up was being investigated’, said the police. He also added that road traffic had been restored.
Large parts of China have been hit by cold waves, icy rain over the past few weeks. The weather conditions have hit transportation at a time when people are rushing home for the Lunar New Year holiday celebrations.
‘The government raised its emergency response earlier this week to freezing temperatures and also started plans for transportation flow, supplies and electricity in provinces and cities including Beijing, Hebei, and Shanxi’ according to the reports of local media.
In Beijing, eight highways had been shut and almost 200 road sections were closed across the country due to severe weather.
Chinese authorities renewed an orange weather alert for some southern regions on Wednesday. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) has predicted subzero temperatures for the days ahead around the country’s central region, in the east, north and northwest as well as in parts of the south.
The NMC called on local governments to take precautions against the cold weather.
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