Damaged vehicles sit on Yeongjong Bridge in Incheon, South Korea.
SEOUL: Two people were killed and 43 injured on Wednesday (Feb 11), including five foreign nationals, in a 100-vehicle pile-up on the highway to South Korea’s largest international airport, police said.
The multiple collision occurred in heavy fog on the Seoul-bound lane of a bridge that forms part of the main expressway linking Incheon airport with the capital. The pile-up appeared to have been started when a limousine ran into the back of a car, an Incheon police station spokesman said.
“More than 100 vehicles were involved,” he said, adding that the foggy conditions meant drivers could only see 15 meters in front of them. Five foreigners were among the 43 injured, but their nationalities were not immediately released, the spokesman added.
“I heard a series of bangs in front of me. Then I was rear-ended by a following car. I felt my car turning around and hitting a protection rail. I then lost consciousness”, a cab driver, Yoo Sang-Young, told the Yonhap news agency………
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