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[Video]Massive chain-reaction pile-up on Pa. Turnpike

Posted: December 23rd, 2019, 3:51 am
by aRNoLD
Massive chain-reaction pile-up on Pa. Turnpike

Two of the biggest highways in Pennsylvania are open again this morning. They were shut-down Thursday. After snow-covered roads caused massive chain reaction pileups. 35 cars slammed into each other on the Pennsovania turnpike 55 miles west of Philadelphia. Another 30 cars crash on i-78. Everyone survived. 35 people were taken to the hospital. What a mess! Seriously.

source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH891gTo6ic

ext reading:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/26/pennsylvania-turnpike-pileup/4210247/

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  1. (chain reaction) pileup: a traffic accident involving many vehicles 道路上的连环追尾事件
  2. turnpike: a large road for fast traffic that drivers have to pay to use 公路收费站
  3. slam: to hit or attack someone or something with a lot of force slam into/against etc
    All 155 passengers died instantly when the plane slammed into the mountain.
  4. (singular, uncountable) if there is a mess somewhere or a place is a mess, things there are dirty or not neatly arranged What a mess!