At 7:21 pm local time (11:20
GMT) on November 3, the 45-year-old truck driver from the
Liaoning province crashed a
tower-crane truck into a line of 31 vehicles about 50 meters from the Lanzhou South Toll Station on the Lanzhou-Haikou expressway. The section of the highway connects Lanzhou, the capital of
Gansu and
Haikou, the capital of
Hainan. The truck driver was slightly injured in the crash, and was detained by police in order to begin the investigation into the crash. Local media has reported that the driver has claimed that the
brakes of the vehicle had failed, and the lack of control had caused the crash.
CCTV of the area, documented the crash and its aftermath, along with the heavy snow that the area was experiencing. == Victims ==