According to the agency, a massive traffic accident occurred early on Wednesday, November 15, local time on the highway connecting the cities of Fuyang and Hefei.

As a result of the accident, four cars caught fire, the firemen managed to quickly deal with the fire at the scene of the accident and save 17 people who were blocked in cars.

According to the media, the cause of the accident was a strong fog.

Mass road accident led to the formation of a traffic jam length of three to four kilometers.

At the moment, the rescue operation continues, the number of dead and injured.

As previously reported in "URA-Inform", a truck "Mercedes" & nbsp shot down a local resident. It is reported that the cargo car was moving along the 403 km of the highway "Kharkiv-Simferopol". A woman was attacked during her transition to the unlighted part of the road, in the absence of a pedestrian crossing.