Huge chain-reaction crash in UK involves at least 100 vehicles

At least 100 vehicles smashed into
each other in a massive pile-up Thursday in England's
southeastern county of Kent, police said, injuring six
people seriously and leaving 200 others with minor
injuries.
The huge chain-reaction crash took place on a multi-
lane bridge and highway that connects the Isle of
Sheppey with mainland Kent, reportedly amid thick fog.
Video from the scene showed scores of abandoned cars
and trucks, many crumpled from impacts with other
vehicles. Motorists, some injured, sat on the roadside as
they awaited help.
The Sheppey Crossing, on the A249 road, has been
closed to traffic in both directions, Kent Police said.
More than 30 people were taken to the hospital and
large numbers were treated at the scene of the crash,
the local ambulance service said via Twitter.
"It's horrific. I've never seen anything like it in my life,"
local newspaper Kent Online quoted witness Martin
Stammers , 45.
"All you could hear was cars crashing. We got out of
our car and it was eerily quiet with visibility down to
just 20 yards. Then you would hear the screeching of
brakes and then a thud. It was all you could hear for
about 10 minutes -- crash after crash after crash."