Over 40 Vehicles Collide on Hapcheon National Road... Suspected Black Ice

On a road in Daeyang-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam, more than 40 vehicles collided, and drivers are out on the road. (Photo by Gyeongnam Police Agency)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] Dozens of vehicles traveling on the road in Hapcheon, Gyeongnam, collided.

At around 6:46 a.m. on the 6th, about 40 vehicles including passenger cars and trucks collided on the downhill section of National Road No. 33 in Daeyang-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam, heading toward Hapcheon-eup.

The police and fire department explained that 32 vehicles including passenger cars were involved in a chain collision, followed by 7 passenger cars colliding consecutively about 20 meters away. Two other passenger cars behind also crashed into the guardrail.

As a result of the accident, eight people including passenger car driver A (37, male) were injured in the waist and other areas and were transported to a nearby hospital.

The ages of the injured range from 30 to 60, and the police confirmed that there is no threat to their lives.

The police and fire authorities are investigating the exact cause of the accident, believing it occurred due to black ice caused by rain that fell in the morning freezing over.

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