What traffic accident occurred in Yulin City on June 16-17, 2012?

Five people died in a serious traffic accident in Yulin. According to the investigation, they were drunk driving\

At about 1 a.m. in Yulin City on June 16-17, 2012, a traffic accident occurred at an intersection in Yulin City. Serious road traffic accident.

A Ford "Fox" car with Shaanxi AKW426 license plate was traveling straight from north to south to the Yuyang intersection of Great Wall Road and a Shaanxi J31045 "Shaanxi Automobile" brand heavy dump truck parked in the same direction at the intersection waiting for a red light. The rear-end collision resulted in three men and two women in the Ford, and all five people died on the spot. According to the identification of the Forensic Identification Center of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Yulin City Public Security Bureau, the alcohol concentration in the Ford driver's body was as high as 153.73mg/100ml, indicating that he was driving under the influence.

City report: A fast-moving car in Yulin hit a truck waiting at a red light in the downtown area, killing 5 people

In the early morning of the 12th, the scene of the accident was horrific. Picture provided by Tuo Zhizhi

< p>At about 1:10 a.m. on the 12th, a small car sped over and plunged under the large truck hauling coal. The car was beyond recognition, and all three men and two women on board suffered misfortune. The truck was waiting for a red light at an intersection in downtown Yulin when it "jumped violently after being hit." The traffic police discovered that the birthday of the man who died was November 12th.

The dozens of tons of coal truck was hit and "jumped"

The accident occurred at the north intersection of Changcheng Road and Yuyang Middle Road in Yuyang District, near the Longteng International Hotel.

After receiving the alarm at 1:20 a.m. on the 12th, Yulin City Shangjun Road Fire Squadron sent firefighters to the scene quickly.

The "Shaanxi Automobile" dump truck with license plate number Shaanxi J31045 was traveling from north to south. At that time, the truck was waiting for the red light at the intersection. However, a "Ford" car with the license plate number of Shaanxi AKW426 came quickly and plunged into the rear of the truck. The car became unrecognizable and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

A traffic police officer involved in the accident investigation revealed that the driver of the large truck said that after being rear-ended, the dump truck he was driving, which weighed dozens of tons after being filled with coal, was hit and jumped violently.

A medical staff involved in the rescue at the scene said that the scene of the accident was horrific. After the violent impact, the head of the car was deformed and most of it was stuck under the dump truck. "The people who were pulled out of the car were basically out of breath," medical staff said. Four of them were already dead when they were rescued, and the other died on the spot after resuscitation failed.

Two of the deceased were from Xi'an

After on-site investigation, Yulin traffic police initially determined that the driver of the car was drunk and the tragedy occurred because the speed was too fast. The ambulance staff said the car smelled heavily of alcohol.

According to informed sources, the five victims were around 30 years old, two of them were from Xi'an and three were from Yinchuan. One of the men's birthday was November 12. On the evening of the 11th, he may have had a drink with several colleagues to celebrate his birthday in advance. The traffic police learned that at that time, the person driving the car was Liu from Xi'an.

After the accident, Zhao Zhengcai, executive deputy mayor of Yulin City, rushed to the scene quickly and instructed to find out the cause of the accident and deal with the aftermath.

Currently, the Yulin City Traffic Police Detachment has set up a task force to further investigate this major traffic accident.