The accident led to road closures, creating severe traffic congestion ... in multiple collisions occurred on the Goyang City Jayuro and the Seoul-Munsan Expressway, injuring 16 people.

A series of car accidents were reported across Seoul and its surrounding roads on Tuesday morning, which traffic authorities suspect were caused by black ice, a thin layer of ice on the road surface.

At 5.16am on Tuesday, the 44-vehicle pile-up occurred near the Gusan Interchange on Jayuro-ro motorway in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province heading toward Paju. The Gyeonggi Northern Fire and Disaster ...