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Sleet triggers rises in road accidents, fatalities in Beijing
By Li Qian |
February 1, 2013, Friday
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A two-day sleet storm, along with days of haze, has caused treacherous road conditions in the capital, triggering more than 2,000 traffic accidents yesterday and leading to at least four deaths, authority estimated.
The Jingping Expressway, linking downtown Beijing to its suburban Pinggu District, witnessed a 20-pileup yesterday morning, mainly due to its sleepy and heavily frozen road surfaces.
Two died, two got severely injured and other 15 slightly wounded in the accidents, Beijing Times reported today.
"The road is too sleepy! I couldn't stop even I saw the accidents in front of me," a driver said.
Another death occurred in downtown Beijing when a van suddenly crashed into a tree on the roadside, and Miyun County in Beijing as of yesterday afternoon reported one death.
Weather forecast showed today's Beijing has a sunny day, but in the next two days, sleet storms, icy rains and snows will hit the city again.
The Jingping Expressway, linking downtown Beijing to its suburban Pinggu District, witnessed a 20-pileup yesterday morning, mainly due to its sleepy and heavily frozen road surfaces.
Two died, two got severely injured and other 15 slightly wounded in the accidents, Beijing Times reported today.
"The road is too sleepy! I couldn't stop even I saw the accidents in front of me," a driver said.
Another death occurred in downtown Beijing when a van suddenly crashed into a tree on the roadside, and Miyun County in Beijing as of yesterday afternoon reported one death.
Weather forecast showed today's Beijing has a sunny day, but in the next two days, sleet storms, icy rains and snows will hit the city again.
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