The 2018 Lanzhou toll crash was caused by a truck driver losing control of his vehicle and driving into a line of waiting cars in Lanzhou, China on November 3, 2018.
According to local sources, 15 people were killed and another 44 injured in the 31 vehicle crash.
[2] 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.
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.
[4] Ten of the 44 injured sustained serious injuries,[4] and 15 people were reportedly killed.