On the evening of October 4th, a tragic accident occurred on the Shenzhen-Nanning section of the Shen’nan Expressway in Xingye County, Guangxi, where five vehicles were involved in a rear-end collision, resulting in 2 fatalities and 3 injuries. The injured individuals are currently receiving medical treatment at the hospital.
According to a video posted online by a netizen, multiple vehicles collided around 7 p.m. on October 4th on the Shen’nan Expressway in Xingye County, causing severe damage to the vehicles involved, with some even reduced to charred frames. Footage from the scene shows other vehicles cautiously navigating through the wreckage, with some engulfed in flames.
Another video captured by a dashcam at 7:47 p.m. on the day of the accident shows several vehicles extensively damaged and scattered debris at the accident site. On October 4th around 8 p.m., China Central Television (CCTV) reported a multiple-vehicle collision and two fires on the G0412 section of the Shen’nan Expressway in Xingye County, Guangxi, resulting in 2 fatalities and 3 injured individuals currently undergoing treatment at the hospital. The fire at the scene has been extinguished.
A car owner who passed by the site after the accident informed a local newspaper that the exact cause of the accident remains unclear, but it was a chaotic scene with several vehicles heavily damaged, some colliding with the emergency lane guardrails.
Residents from Pingxiang Village near the accident site shared that some villagers rushed to the scene to assist in rescue efforts. An eyewitness tried to rescue a child by breaking a window, but due to the intense fire, they were unable to save the child and helplessly witnessed the tragedy unfold.
A netizen claiming to be a relative of the victims revealed to a local newspaper that their cousin and family, who were traveling from Pingnan County, Guigang, Guangxi, met with the accident while driving a yellow car. Tragically, both of their cousin’s daughters lost their lives in the accident, one in the sixth grade and the other around four or five years old. Their cousin’s wife sustained severe burns and is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Yulin City.
A staff member from the Yulin City Funeral Parlor mentioned that they received two severely burned victims from the accident site on the night of October 4th, one of whom was a child. The identity of the other victim is yet to be determined and further information is awaited from the traffic police.
On October 5th, the Xingye County police reported that around 7 p.m. on October 4th, a five-vehicle collision and two fires occurred on the Shen’nan Expressway in Xingye County, resulting in 2 fatalities and 3 injuries.