AutoBeta(AutoBeta.net)02/19 Report--

On Feb. 19, # a car in Central Shanghai got out of control and fell off a viaduct and caught fire. The topic rushed to the hot search list on Weibo.

The accident occurred at 08:41 on February 19 when a bicycle accident occurred at the lower ramp of Jinke Road in the inner circle of Shanghai Central. A car suddenly hit the fork and the anti-collision water tank fell over the viaduct. The side of the car caught fire and fell to the ground, killing the driver on the spot.

According to a police notice released by the Pudong Branch of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau on Weibo, a through train between the police and the people-Pudong, after a preliminary investigation, a minibus was driven to the site due to improper control. it crashed into a collision tank at the off-ramp fork, the vehicle overturned and fell to the ground, killing the driver on the spot. No one else was injured in the accident. At present, the cause of the accident is under further investigation.

Video posted on the Internet showed that the vehicle involved was suspected to be a Peugeot 5008 with a high speed and hit the central isolation pier at the ramp bifurcation on the main road. From the point of view of the state of the vehicle, the vehicle involved did not take relevant braking, avoidance and other measures, and finally bounced back to the edge of the ramp and fell from the bridge. After the impact, the vehicle ignited flames, and the scene of the accident was extremely tragic.

It is understood that the Peugeot 5008 is Dongfeng Peugeot's first 7-seat SUV model, which was launched simultaneously around the world in June 2017. On November 25, 2022, the new Dongfeng Peugeot 5008 model was officially launched, with a total of four models with a price range of 17.87-233700 yuan, with a 1.6T engine cancelled and only 1.8T engine. According to new car traffic insurance data, Peugeot sold 1935 vehicles in 5008 in 2022.

At present, the cause of the accident is under further investigation, and the cause of the accident is not clear.

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