2018 Lanzhou toll accident

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.^[3] 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.^{[citation needed]} CCTV of the area, documented the crash and its aftermath, along with the heavy snow that the area was experiencing.^[4]

Ten of the 44 injured sustained serious injuries,^[4] and 15 people were reportedly killed.^[5]