[Source: Xinmin Evening News] This morning (August 9), a Shanghai citizen was driving to the North Cross Channel in the Central Ring Road. When he was driving in the direction of the North Cross Channel, he saw an iron hanging from the height restriction pole above the driveway.

[Source: Xinmin Evening News]

Today (August 9) morning,

Some Shanghai citizens drove to the Central Ring Road and turned towards the North Cross Channel.

When they were driving towards the North Cross Channel,

the height limit pole hung An iron chain hanging above the driveway fell down and

directly hit the car,

causing damage to the front windshield of the vehicle.

After the accident, the driver called the police to deal with it.

Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident.

At that time, the citizen was driving a private car along the inner circle of Central. When the vehicle reaches the Beihong Interchange in Central, the driver turns the vehicle toward the North Cross Channel. When the car entered the North Cross Channel, shortly after the car changed lanes to Lane 3, the windshield in front of the car hit a foreign object and made an abnormal sound. Upon seeing this, the driver immediately stopped the car and got out of the car to check the situation.

The front windshield of the vehicle was smashed

After investigation, it was found that the front windshield of the vehicle hit an iron chain tied to a height-limiting pole in front of the Central to North Cross Channel. The chain fell down, causing a collision as the vehicle passed by. According to the recollection of the driver involved, the iron chain was shaking at the time of the incident. Although the speed was not high, it was indeed difficult to notice that the iron chain was hanging in the lane due to factors such as sight and environment when driving. . As can be seen from the photos provided by the car owner, the accident caused damage to the front windshield of the vehicle, but fortunately no casualties were caused.

After the accident, the owner of the vehicle involved immediately called the police. Currently, investigations into the cause of the height-limiting pole chain's fall and follow-up investigations of the accident are ongoing.

Xinmin Evening News

Reporter: Xu Chi

Editor: Tang Mengjia