43rd crash on black ice...Deaths and casualties.

43 cars near Goyang Nam Junction toll booth at dawn
Presumptive Black Ice Accident...12 injured and one injured
Two people were transported to the hospital in the 18th crash...Congestion on the way to work.

[Anchor]
More than 40 cars slipped and collided on the Seoul Munsan Expressway and Jayu-ro in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

Traffic on the way to work was severely congested as vehicles slipped on thin ice throughout the city's roads.

Reporter Yuh-hyun reports.

[Reporter]
The car was crushed to the point where it was hard to recognize its shape.

At around 5:50 a.m., 43 vehicles driving in the direction of Munsan collided one after another near the Goyang Nam Junction toll booth on the Seoul Munsan Expressway in Seongsa-dong, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.

This is the scene of the accident. Accidental vehicles are lined up on one side of the road, and the road is closed.

It seems that the overnight snow rain froze, resulting in the formation of thin ice so-called "black ice" on the road.

Thirteen people were injured, and one was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

About an hour later, another 18 vehicles hit one after another on the same road.

Two people were injured and taken to the hospital, and the commute to work, where a series of major accidents occurred, was severely congested.

A collision also occurred near the Gusan Interchange in the direction of Jayu-ro Paju.

Cars from all over the place hit two, three and six cars, 44 of them tangled on the road.A man in his 40s who was driving a truck was injured in an accident in

and taken to a hospital, and fortunately, it is said that it is not life-threatening.

There have been a series of accidents throughout the city that appear to be caused by black ice.

A 5-ton truck driving on a road in Wolgot-myeon, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, hit a guardrail and fell sideways.A truck driver in his 50s was seriously injured in an accident in

and taken to the hospital, but he eventually died.

In Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, 11 cars crashed into one person, injuring one person.

I'm YTN's YOSHIHYUN.

Filmmaker: Wang Xion
Video editing: Moon Ji-hwan