Top News Chief Reporter Zhang Heng
According to the news released by Meizhou, at about 2:10 on May 1, a highway pavement collapse accident occurred near K11+900m (about 2 kilometers from the exit direction of Chayang Road Section) from Dapu to Fujian on Meida Expressway. According to CCTV News, as of 11:45 on the 1st, after on-site verification, the accident caused a total of 18 vehicles to fall (no hazardous vehicles, buses and other large vehicles were found), involving a total of 49 people, of which 19 were confirmed dead, and 30 people are being treated in the hospital with all their strength, and there is no danger to life for the time being.
On the morning of May 1, the top news reporter learned from the Meizhou Emergency Management Bureau that the collapse site is still being rescued, and the peripheral rescue team is still unable to enter, and large machinery such as hook machines are being dispatched. At present, five or six working groups have been set up at the scene, and the cause of the accident and the casualties at the scene are still under investigation.
A family of 5 is missing, including 3 children
Ms. Cai, who works in Guangxi, told top news reporters that her uncle's family of five drove back to Fujian from Guangxi and had been missing for seven hours as of 11 a.m. on May 1. Ms. Cai's uncle, aunt and three children, including a 14-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy and a 9-year-old boy, were on board.
"They returned to their hometown in Fujian from Wuzhou at 8 o'clock last night, and at 11:49 at night they were located in the family group and had arrived in Lianping County. Then my grandfather's phone call at 4 a.m. couldn't get through, and then we tried to call the kid's watch, my aunt's phone, and it was all turned off. Ms. Cai said.
According to the chat records provided by Ms. Cai, at around 11 p.m. on April 30, her family members were concerned in the group, "Is it raining heavily?" Drive slowly" "Pay attention to safety, there are many cars on holidays".
The top news reporter asked the Meizhou Emergency Management Bureau "whether it caused a high-speed collapse because of continuous rain", and the staff said that Meizhou has indeed rained a lot recently, but the specific cause is still under investigation, and a report will be issued in the future.
According to CCTV News, affected by continuous heavy rainfall, at 2:09 on May 1, a natural geological disaster occurred at K11+900 on the S12 Meilong Expressway (Meida Section) in the direction of Fujian, resulting in the collapse of the road surface and the interruption of two-way traffic at the scene. At present, the project and related departments are organizing forces to make every effort to rescue.
Ms. Cai told the top news reporter, "When we return to our hometown in Fujian from Wuzhou, we have always taken the Hezhou route, because there are fewer cars on the Hezhou route. I called the Hezhou side and asked if there was any record of the car, and the other side said no, so I called the highway in Guangshen and Shenzhen, and then called the Meizhou side, and the local people told me that there was a serious accident and the injured had been sent to three hospitals. Then I called separately, but neither my uncle nor my aunt's name was named. ”
Emergency Management Agency: Family information has been recorded and will be fed back to the front command
Ms. Cai contacted Meizhou's public security, traffic police, rescue and other departments, and said that the scene was still being rescued, and she needed to wait for the results.
"It stands to reason that we wouldn't go that way, but if we did, we could get to our house. I'm afraid that he has taken that road, because according to the positioning he sent to convert, when he arrived at the incident point, he was just stuck at the time of the incident. "I'm really worried, because it stands to reason that it is impossible for five people to be unable to get through to their mobile phones and phone watches." Even if the phone is out of battery, there is on-board charging. ”
The car driven by Ms. Cai's family
She said, "My grandparents are over 80 years old, and my uncle's children have been studying. I was going to go back, but because our children are too young, I don't want to toss, so I want to wait until the summer vacation to come back. ”
On the morning of May 1, the top news reporter provided Ms. Cai's situation, license plate number, contact information and other information to the Meizhou Emergency Management Bureau. Staff said it was recorded and fed back to Forward Command. The public security traffic police will verify the on-site license plate, ID card and other information, and obtain monitoring, and contact the family if there is progress. The staff said that the scene is still being cleaned up, and other rescue teams on the periphery are still unable to enter, and large machinery such as hook machines are being dispatched.