A truck crashed into another stationary truck as the driver stopped it for fish on a busy highway in southern China.

The terrifying CCTV footage was filmed in Nanning City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on August 28.

A driver halted a heavy-duty truck in the middle of an expressway to retrieve a live fish that was dropped by another vehicle in southern China.

After the driver placed the fish on the passenger seat of his truck and got into the vehicle, a light-duty box truck suddenly slammed violently into it.

Within minutes of the crash alert, police officers raced to the scene. They discovered the heavy-duty truck sprawled across the emergency lane, its rear-end crushed beneath the front of the light-duty truck, which was virtually wrecked from the intense impact.

Goods from the light-duty truck were strewn all over the road, and the driver, identified as Li, was trapped inside the mangled mess of metal.

Despite officers' immediate efforts to secure the site and the prompt response of emergency rescue personnel, it was too late. Once extracted from the wreckage, Li was pronounced dead at the scene by medical professionals.

During the on-site investigation, the driver of the heavy-duty truck, identified as Shi, repeatedly insisted he had been moving in the third lane and was rear-ended by the other truck. However, his claims were refuted by the very surveillance footage that captured the entire incident. The video confirmed Shi's truck was not moving and was, in fact, illegally stopped on the expressway.

After thorough site inspections, witness statements, video reviews, and expert analysis, traffic officers concluded that Shi's illegal stop on the expressway was the primary cause of the tragic accident. He will now face criminal charges for causing a traffic accident.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

2023年8月28日晚22时许，广西南宁，在G75兰海高速北海往南宁方向2007km+970m处，两辆货车发生追尾相撞事故。
监控视频显示，这辆桂A重型仓栅式货车当天晚上行驶至事发路段时，驾驶员直接将车停在行车道上，打开双闪灯后就从车上下来绕车查看，并将一条从前方车辆掉下来的活鱼捡起放到副驾驶位置，就在驾驶员刚刚回到驾驶室时，一辆鄂F轻型厢式货车从后方驶来，直接与重型仓栅式货车发生猛烈碰撞。
民警接到报警后立即赶到现场，发现一辆桂A重型仓栅式货车横停在应急车道上，其后方有一辆鄂F轻型厢式货车车头陷入该车车尾底部，车身在巨大撞击之下几乎散架，车上所载货物洒落一地，而司机李某被困驾驶室内。民警立即做好现场安全防护，并与119应急人员开展施救，遗憾的是，当李某被解救出来时，经120医护人员确认已当场死亡。
民警现场勘查过程中，桂A重型仓栅式货车司机石某则多次坚称自己是在第三车道上正常行驶，是后方货车司机自己撞上来的。事后，经民警调取监控视频证实石某在说谎，事发前，其驾驶的车辆并未在行驶状态，而是违法停在高速公路行车道上。
经现场勘查、询问、调查取证、检验、鉴定分析认定，交警认定石某因在高速公路行车道内违法停车，将被依法追究交通肇事罪的刑事责任。