Several people were hurt after over 100 cars collided with each other on an icy expressway in China's Suzhou city, according to state media on Friday. This is the latest in a series of accidents caused by extreme weather conditions.
Dramatic footage, posted by social media users online, showed several cars rammed into each other haphazardly on the highway with one jack-knifed at a severe angle in the air.
Three people were injured and admitted to a hospital while six suffered minor scratches, said Suzhou Industrial Park traffic police on its WeChat social media account, as per a Reuters report.
The accident took place at around 7 am Thursday (local time) during the sunrise, the police added, according to NBC News.
The police also said that the road traffic has been restored and the cause of the accident is being probed.
The transport has been affected in China over the past few weeks as the country has been hit by cold waves, blizzards, and icy rain at a time when millions of people are heading towards their homes for the Lunar New Year holiday celebrations.
Earlier this week, the Chinese government stepped up its emergency response amid freezing temperatures and has also started several plans for transportation flow, supplies, and electricity in provinces and cities including Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Anhui, and Hubei, Xinhua News reported.
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The China Meteorological Department has issued a warning for freezing and low temperatures in several southern and central areas, the Reuters report added.
Last week, avalanches blocked the road leading to a remote tourism spot in China's Xinjiang region, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.
As many as 13 avalanches had hit the highways in the country on February 11 and 12 with the deepest avalanche being 5 metres and the widest spanning 1 kilometre, though there were no reports of injuries or vehicle damage, the report added.