This Image Does Not Show the Most Recent Car Accident in China
The Claim
The image shows the most recent traffic accident that occurred in China on Sunday, January 8, 2023.
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Following the most recent deadly traffic accident in China on Sunday, January 8, 2023, Twitter users have circulated an image claiming it shows the incident.
A user wrote: “Seventeen people were killed, and 22 others sustained injuries early Sunday morning following a severe road accident in Nanchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. Xinhua.”
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the claim and found it to be misleading. The image predates the most recent traffic accident in China.
The image first surfaced on December 28, 2022.
The image was taken after nearly 300 vehicles crashed in a massive pileup on a foggy bridge in China, The New York Post reported.
The traffic accident, which occurred on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, killed one person and caused injuries to others.
CNN reported on December 28 that nearly 200 vehicles crashed in the accident that happened in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou due to extreme fog.
The Most Recent Traffic Accident in China
On January 8, 2023, nineteen people died, and 20 were injured in eastern China after a truck ran through a funeral procession early Sunday, Reuters reported from Chinese media.
Following the incident, which happened in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, an investigation was in progress after the injured had been sent to the hospital.
Tragic and shocking images of the traffic accident were shared online. However, the picture in question predates the incident. It dates back to the car-pileup that occurred last month on the Zhengxin Huanghe bridge in Zhengzhou.
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