It was the middle of winter, the coldest time of the year in the north. The Xiao River that passed through the city was the only river in Long An City. There was a thick layer of ice on the surface of the river, and there was still snow on the mountain from the previous snowfall. Even though the sun was shining brightly, the cold air was extremely cold. A large number of people had gathered at the entrance of the primary school in Tianjin Town. They were doing their best to deal with the accident scene. Lu Yiwei could be clearly seen among the crowd.
The cold corpses were brought home by their families, leaving behind some unrecognizable "spare parts" that were violently cleaned with shovels and forklifts. They were loaded onto large trucks and transported to the back of Fushan Mountain, where hundreds of people were digging graves with equipment and burying them on the spot. There were five or six fire trucks parked on both sides of the accident scene. After cleaning up, they used high-pressure water cannons to wash the road. Because of the cold weather, another seven or eight boilers were brought over to heat up the scene and wash it with hot water.
At the same time, a team composed of county, town, and village cadres began to go door to door to start the compensation work. According to Lu Yiwei's order, 30 million yuan was directly withdrawn from the county finance department. One million yuan was paid to each family who died, and the medical expenses of those who were being treated in the hospital would be borne by the county finance department until they were cured. An additional 500,000 yuan would be given to each family. This amount of compensation far exceeded the local standard of compensation for death. Liu Zhankui was unhappy, but he did not dare to express it at this time.
When the last corpse was taken away by the family, Lu Yiwei looked at the bloodied road and the grieving family members. He felt like a knife was being twisted in his heart. His hands were trembling, and his hands were covered in blood. He could not tell whether it was his or the children's. There were bloodstains all over his body, like a battlefield. He had not experienced that bloody era, but he had encountered it in real life.
Xu Changyuan stood by the side holding a military coat and said worriedly, "Secretary Lu, put it on quickly. Your health is more important."
Lu Yiwei waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. I want to personally send these souls away and pray for them. Otherwise, my conscience will not be at ease."
"But you still have to wear clothes."
Lu Yiwei ignored him and turned his head to ask, "Are the relatives emotionally stable?"
Xu Changyuan sighed and said, "Can it be stabilized? Everyone is heartbroken. I've already arranged for the Ministry of Education, the Women's Federation, the Youth League, and the staff of Tianjin Town to go to each household to do ideological work. In addition, the compensation has been sent to the town government and will be distributed immediately. "
Lu Yiwei nodded and said, "Not a penny less. We must compensate them properly. The key is to do a good job of ideological work. Petitions must not occur. "
"Yes, I understand."
Lu Yiwei did not dare to leave, and so did the rest of the County leaders. Some of them cleaned up the scene personally, and some of them stood by the side and smoked. Lu Yiwei had seen all of this.
At this moment, his phone rang. Xu Changyuan hurriedly handed over the phone and whispered, "Secretary Lu, it's Secretary Shao of the Municipal Party Committee."
Only then did Lu Yiwei remember that he didn't have time to report to the Municipal Party Committee. Without cleaning his hands, he picked up the phone and hid to the side to answer it. Before he could speak, Shao Zhongjie reprimanded him, "Why didn't you report such a big incident in time? Do you still have any respect for the organization's discipline?"
Lu Yiwei had not caught his breath yet. He calmed himself down and said, "Secretary Shao, it happened too suddenly, and we haven't found out the cause of the incident yet. I wanted to report to you after everything is done."
Shao Zhongjie didn't listen to him at all and said angrily, "Do you know about the safety responsibility reporting system? No matter what happens, we have to report it immediately. It's been so long since the incident happened, and you don't even have this awareness. What kind of County Party Committee Secretary is this? Is this what people call an outstanding talent?
"Also, I repeatedly reminded you to pay attention to safety during the Standing Committee meeting. Did you implement it after you went back?"
Lu Yiwei said shamefully, "Secretary Shao, this is my dereliction of duty. I will accept the organization's punishment after everything is settled."
"Just a dereliction of duty and it's over? How many people died? "
After Lu Yiwei said this, Shao Zhongjie didn't say anything for a long time. He could only hear the sound of glass shattering from the phone. Shao Zhongjie panted and said, "Wow, Lu Yiwei. You have been in office for less than a week, and you caused such a big incident. How am I going to explain this to the Provincial Government? If you want to report the actual number, you must report it to the State Council. If it reaches that level, do you think you can still sit still as the County Party Committee Secretary? I will be implicated because of you. "
Since it had happened, Lu Yiwei doesn't care about the outcome. He said calmly, "Secretary Shao, I'm sorry."
Shao Zhongjie gritted his teeth and said after a while, "Can you handle it? If you can't, I will immediately send someone down. "
"I can. I can handle it within three days."
Shao Zhongjie was silent for a long time and said, "You must write a report tonight. I will go to the Provincial Government tomorrow and report this to the relevant leaders. Also, you must strictly control the media reporters. If this news is reported on the Internet, even the Emperor of Heaven can't protect you. "After that, he hung up the phone angrily.
Before Shao Zhongjie could catch his breath, Mayor Dong Xiaoning called. His tone was much gentler than Shao Zhongjie's, but he still used a strict tone. "Yiwei, what happened? Is it serious?"
Lu Yiwei didn't hide anything and reported everything in detail. Dong Xiaoning's reaction was the same as Shao Zhongjie's. He was shocked and speechless for a long time. Shao Qing said, "So serious? What's going on? "
Lu Yiwei braced himself and said, "The preliminary investigation found that the driver was tired and rushed into the group of jogging students. Both the driver and the car fell into the ditch."
Dong Xiaoning sighed and said, "Oh my god. How did this happen? What's the situation now?"
"The scene of the accident is almost cleaned up. The compensation will be started at the same time."
"Good. Hurry up and clean up. I will discuss with Secretary Shao about the countermeasures. This is too serious. It is beyond my authority."
Dong Xiaoning didn't scold him, but Lu Yiwei couldn't bear it. Just as she said, this was too serious. He had never seen such a serious traffic accident in his more than ten years of being in politics. He had only seen it happen in the newspapers.
The closer it was to the end of the year, the more important it was to be safe, and such a big thing happened to him. Was it because he was not lucky, or was he just unlucky? Looking at the events of the past few years, there was the SARS outbreak in Heishan County, the conflict between people and land in the high-tech zone, and the car factory accident in Jiangdong City. Not long after, another disaster fell on him. If there was someone helping him in the past few times, who was helping him this time?
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