Fiery 14-vehicle crash looks like something out of the apocalypse
A fiery 14-vehicle crash an hour north of Toronto, Ontario, killed three people and caused Highway 400 to close with “tangled, twisted metal” littering the pavement, according to Toronto Sun.
Photos and video from the crash show a massive fireball that looks like something out of the apocalypse.
CBC News says a chain reaction of collisions started late Tuesday night when a truck slammed into the back of another that was stopped in traffic.
Two other fully loaded tanker trucks, three commercial vehicles and several cars were also involved in the collision, according to CBC News.
Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the Ontario Provincial Police’s highway safety division told CBC News “the vehicles are completely destroyed, melted into the asphalt.”
“The tanker trucks essentially acted as “bombs on wheels,” Schmidt continued.
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This story was originally published November 1, 2017 at 4:17 PM with the headline "Fiery 14-vehicle crash looks like something out of the apocalypse."