On the afternoon of May 1, the death toll from the Meida Expressway collapse was updated to 24, causing wider grief.
The high-speed accident occurred at around 2 a.m. on May 1, when the K11➕900m road collapsed on the S12 Meizhou to Fujian direction of the Meida Expressway in Guangdong.
By 15 o'clock on the same day, 20 vehicles had been found to have fallen, a total of 24 people were killed, 30 people were treated in hospitals, and a total of 54 casualties were killed.
As for this accident, the official has not yet issued a briefing, saying that it is still doing relevant disposal work and is also investigating.
Netizens, including survivors, witnesses, and families of suspected deceased, have spoken out on the Internet.
Some survivors revealed that the accident occurred at about two o'clock in the morning, and they also passed through the road section at that time, but fortunately passed ahead of schedule, so they were spared the collapse accident.
Some witnesses said that when they were about to reach the accident section, they suddenly saw a raging fire in front of them, thinking that there had been an explosion on the highway.
Some witnesses revealed that when they were about to pass through the accident section at 2 o'clock, they were stopped by the staff and informed that there had been a landslide ahead, and they could not pass and needed to take a detour.
And some netizens claimed that around the time of the accident, their father went from Guangxi to Fujian, and he should have passed through the Meida Expressway, and he can't be contacted at present, I don't know if he has been killed, and I hope you can provide information.
The accident that led to such a tragic accident will surely cause heated discussions, and netizens will focus on the quality of the high-speed project and speculate about the cause of the highway collapse.
Most netizens believe that the reason for the collapse is due to the unqualified quality of the project, which is simply a tofu slag project, which cannot withstand the wind and rain.
However, for this kind of remarks, some netizens believe that in April this year, Guangdong rainstorms were frequent, the soil was softened and loosened, and the quality of the highway was inevitably affected.
However, some netizens also objected, saying that it was caused by cutting corners, because the cost was expensive back then, and the engineers had long guessed the possible weather conditions, how could they not predict the heavy rain in Guangdong.
Some netizens bluntly said that even if there is extremely bad weather in Guangdong this year, the staff should also strengthen management and maintenance and prepare in advance to avoid such accidents.
Some netizens analyzed that if this accident is really a project quality problem, the loss of 24 lives, the amount of compensation must be astronomical.
Some netizens believe that it is necessary to find out the reason, severely punish the contractor and the construction party, and make them pay the price for their actions.
At present, the relevant parties are indeed investigating and disposing of it, hoping that the death toll will not increase, and also hope that the cause of the accident can be found out as soon as possible and made public.