Witness of a car accident involving a Chinese tourist in Iceland: The car was old and the driver ate while driving.

A tourist bus in Iceland carrying many Chinese students overturned on Wednesday (27th) local time, killing one Chinese and seriously injuring 12 others. A Chinese female tourist surnamed Wang on the bus later recalled that the accident was suspected to have been caused by the old tour bus, insufficient seat belts on the bus, and the driver eating while driving.

At that time, she was sitting in the last row of the tour bus and sleeping on the bus. Before the accident, she suddenly felt the car shaking three or four times and then flipping over. Then someone suddenly yelled. She was frightened and woke up immediately. She found that the glass in the car was broken, some people were injured by the broken glass, and some people flew out of the car.

Perhaps because the tour bus is too old and there are insufficient seat belts on the bus, at least 3 of the 5 tourists do not have seat belts. Even though the tourists were wearing seat belts, the vehicle made an emergency turn during the incident, and the impact caused the seat belts to break, and many tourists were thrown out of the vehicle and injured. Another tourist saw the driver eating while driving, and another vehicle in front violated the regulations. As a result, the tour bus was unable to dodge, and because the road was icy and slippery, the tour bus eventually hit the car in front and then overturned.

After the incident, drivers and passengers of other vehicles on the road, as well as the police and local people, rushed to the rescue. The Chinese tourists in the car also immediately contacted the Chinese Embassy. "The Embassy contacted the rescue personnel, and the helicopter arrived soon." Rescuers sent tourists with serious injuries to large local hospitals, while passengers with minor injuries were sent to other hospitals. "We stayed outside for about 40 minutes and found another car to take us to the nearest rescue station nearby."

At present, the Chinese Embassy in Iceland has contacted the families of all seriously injured Chinese citizens, actively provided necessary consular assistance, and coordinated with relevant Chinese departments and the Icelandic side to provide assistance to the families of the injured to go to Iceland as soon as possible. convenient. The Chinese Embassy in Iceland stated that it will continue to closely follow the progress of the situation, urge the Icelandic police to investigate the cause of the accident as soon as possible, and urge relevant travel agencies to properly carry out relevant follow-up work. The embassy once again reminds Chinese citizens going to Iceland in the near future to take precautions against bad weather and ensure personal and traffic safety.