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on september 23, a tragic accident involving multiple vehicles occurred at the east end of lusong bridge in lusong district, zhuzhou city, hunan province. based on preliminary analysis of multiple videos, some netizens believed that the driver mistook the accelerator for the brake after the accident, while others suspected that the vehicle lost control.

on the same day, the traffic police brigade of the zhuzhou public security bureau issued a "police information bulletin" showing that at 7:36 on september 23, liu (male, 43 years old) was driving a white car on the lusong bridge from west to east. when he reached the middle of the bridge, he was rear-ended by a taxi driven by wang (male, 57 years old), causing liu's car to lose control and drive into the opposite lane and collide with multiple cars, resulting in 6 deaths and 7 injuries. at present, the rescue of people, post-accident disposal, and accident investigation are being carried out in an orderly manner.

on the same day, a reporter from the huashang daily dafeng news noticed that the taxi and white car dashcams were circulating on the internet.

according to the taxi's driving recorder, the taxi was driving on the bridge, and the white vehicle in front of it turned on its brake lights, which seemed to indicate that it was slowing down. after the taxi rear-ended the white vehicle, its brake lights went out, and the vehicle rushed into the opposite lane, which seemed to indicate that it was out of control. the white vehicle was a polar fox car.

driving recorder video surveillance

the dashcam of the white car showed that the accident happened at 7:36:16 am on september 23. the white car slowed down when the brake lights of the car in front of it were on while driving on the bridge. the screen was shaking, and it was suspected that it was rear-ended by the car behind. the car then drove to the opposite lane and accelerated continuously, suspected to avoid the oncoming vehicle, and collided with several electric vehicles and motorcycles driving on the side lane, and then turned to the right lane and collided with a car in the opposite direction.

video screenshot of the collision

the reporter of the huashang daily dafeng news noted that the entire accident lasted about 15 seconds. the driver panicked and kept shouting, "it's over, it's over..."

on the same day, a local official in zhuzhou said that at the time of the incident, a taxi collided with an online-hailing car, causing the online-hailing car to lose control and rush into the opposite lane, resulting in a collision. preliminary investigation showed that it was not an incident of malicious intentional injury.

a reporter from the huashang daily dafeng news learned from the hunan province road transport service platform that the online ride-hailing vehicle involved was an operating vehicle belonging to "didi chuxing technology co., ltd." and the date of issuance of the certificate was "september 9, 2024."

regarding the suspected loss of control of the vehicle involved, a reporter from the huashang daily dafeng news contacted the official customer service of polar fox auto. the staff said that they have noticed the accident and are verifying and investigating whether it is related to loss of control. they suggested paying attention to the follow-up situation.

zhang pengkang, reporter of china business news editor dong lin