The BMW driver did not turn on his lights or honk his horn. Without any warning, he suddenly changed lanes and squeezed himself into the narrow gap between the minibus lane where the bus was located and the dump truck that was driving in the fast lane on the right of the front lane. The bus driver didn't expect that someone would dare to overtake him in such a narrow space. He was a little careless and continued to speed up. By the time he realized that the BMW had cut in, it was already too late. He subconsciously braked and turned the steering wheel to the left to avoid crashing into the BMW.
It happened so suddenly that the bus driver was nervous and made a mistake. As a result, the bus, which was overtaking at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, slammed into the guardrail on the left. After the collision, the bus quickly tilted and flipped over, falling heavily on the ground. Then, it continued to flip and hit the guardrail on the right side of the highway. Finally, it hit the guardrail on the right side and rolled down the slope outside the guardrail.
Fortunately, there weren't any other cars after the bus, so there wasn't a second accident. But even so, the casualties of their own passengers in the bus were already a horrifying number that no one could accept. Twelve of the passengers in the bus died on the spot, and ten of them were seriously injured. They were waiting for the ambulance to save them. The rest of the passengers were lucky and only suffered light injuries.
At the end of the call, Guan Weiwei whispered to Li Rui, "I feel that the ten seriously injured passengers won't be able to hold on until the ambulance arrives. Tell the secretary to be mentally prepared. The final death toll may be more than twenty people. I'm afraid this will be on the national news."
Li Rui had heard of many major traffic accidents before, but he didn't feel anything when he heard about it. However, today, he didn't know why, but after hearing about it, he felt bitter and anxious. He didn't know why he felt this way. Was it because it had something to do with him? He asked, "It's been so long since the accident happened. Hasn't the ambulance arrived yet?"
Song Chaoyang was a little nervous when he heard his question. He leaned forward slightly to hear Guan Weiwei's reply. Li Rui saw this and turned on the hands-free mode.
Guan Weiwei sighed and said, "Of course the ambulance wants to be the first to arrive, but the highway is blocked for three to four kilometers. The ambulance that arrived first was blocked and couldn't move at all. The ambulance that came later had no choice but to give up on the highway and take the country roads to get as close to the scene as possible. This way, they can take a longer detour, or else they would have arrived earlier."
Li Rui hurriedly asked, "Didn't the traffic police relieve the congestion? Besides, isn't there an emergency lane on the highway? "
These two problems were one problem, at least for Guan Weiwei. He grumbled angrily, "Don't you know the quality of Chinese? Usually, they would take the emergency lane when they had nothing to do. Now that something had happened, they had to take the emergency lane. The emergency lane had long been blocked. It was even more congested than the traffic lane. After my car arrived, I had to walk more than a kilometer to reach the scene of the incident. If you ask me, the ten passengers who were seriously injured, even if they unfortunately died, only forty percent of the blame would be placed on the car accident. The other sixty percent would be attributed to the unscrupulous driver who blocked the emergency lane. "
At this point, Li Rui understood the situation. He hung up the phone and turned to look at the two bosses sitting in the back, Song Chaoyang and Du Minsheng.
Song Chaoyang's face was very ugly. He sighed and said, "What an unexpected disaster!"
Du Minsheng didn't say anything. He only sighed.
The road where the accident happened was southwest of Nanhe County. Song Chaoyang and the others had to first rush to Nanhe County, then head west and south, taking the country roads to get there.
At 6: 15 PM, the Municipal Party Committee's Car No. 1 and Zheng Zijuan's car arrived at Nanhe County under the lead of Yu Heping's Car No. 2. The Nanhe County Mayor had already rushed to the scene of the accident to direct the rescue work. The Nanhe County Party Committee Secretary, Zhang Yu, was still at home, waiting for the arrival of the city leaders. He would then be responsible for leading the city leaders to the scene.
After the two parties met, Yu Heping and Song Chaoyang both sent their secretaries to find Zhang Yu to understand the situation.
Zhang Yu briefly explained to the two secretaries, Li Rui and Ji Gang, that the rescue work at the scene had already started in an orderly manner. The ambulance had also rushed to the scene through the country roads and was rescuing the injured. It would take twenty minutes to get to the scene from the county, and one part of the road was very bumpy. The city leaders had to be mentally prepared. There was nothing else.
After hearing this, Li Rui and Ji Gang returned to their respective cars to report to their leaders. Zhang Yu also returned to her car to lead the way. Six to seven cars from the city and county, with the assistance of a police car from the county, rushed to the scene of the incident.
After they got on the road, Li Rui reported the situation from Zhang Yu to the two leaders, Song Chaoyang and Du Minsheng.
Song Chaoyang was a little surprised when he heard this. "It will take twenty minutes to get there?" After he finished speaking, he looked at the sky outside. It was still bright, but it was already evening. In another twenty minutes, it would probably be dark. After dark, it would be inconvenient to get to the scene no matter what they did. However, there was nothing they could do about it. They could only resign themselves to it. After all, accidents waited for no one.
After driving out of Nanhe County, the first part of the road was still a secondary road in the countryside. This part of the road was still easy to drive. After all, secondary roads were paved roads. However, the last part of the road was bumpy dirt roads. One part of the road was even a bumpy gravel road. Even though Lao Zhou slowed down the car, Li Rui and the other two were still very uncomfortable. Li Rui even felt that his buttocks were being shaken into eight pieces. Fortunately, the road was not long. They just had to bear with it for a while.
The car arrived at the scene of the accident. To be precise, it was driven to the embankment of the highway and parked. Song Chaoyang, Yu Heping, Jia Yulong, Zheng Zijuan, Du Minsheng, and the other leaders of the city got off the car one after another. Under Zhang Yu's lead, they climbed up the embankment and stood at the scene of the accident.
At this time, the sky was already dark. The police cars and ambulances at the scene all turned on their lights. The lights were bright, creating a scene as bright as day. Li Rui looked over. The first thing he saw was a bus that was beyond recognition lying on the embankment slope of the highway. The body of the bus was badly damaged, and glass shards were everywhere. There were also many puddles of unknown liquid scattered on the road. The firefighters who had arrived earlier were nervously and orderly rescuing the injured from the bus. The doctors and nurses who came along with the ambulances were busy treating the injured beside the bus. The air was filled with the smell of gasoline, mixed with a faint smell of blood. Knowing that the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and the Mayor had arrived, Bai Jianzhong, the Mayor of Nanhe County, who was in charge of the rescue command at the scene, immediately came to meet them and reported the rescue situation. This accident directly caused the deaths of twelve passengers, and ten passengers were seriously injured. Six of the ten passengers who were seriously injured died while waiting for rescue. The remaining four had been taken away by the ambulances, and it was unknown whether they were alive or dead. The other injured passengers were not in big trouble. They had been taken away by the ambulances one after another, and were sent to various hospitals in the city for treatment.
Just as Bai Jianzhong finished his report, Zhou Yuansong, a member of the Municipal Party Committee's Standing Committee and the Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, came with Guan Weiwei, the Captain of the Municipal Traffic Police, to report the situation. Zhou Yuansong did not come with Song Chaoyang's team. Instead, he rushed over as soon as he received an emergency call from Guan Weiwei. Such a major traffic accident had happened in his jurisdiction. As the Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, he had to show up.
Zhou Yuansong said, "The traffic jam on the Beijing-Macao Expressway caused by this accident is still ongoing. The traffic jam has spread for five kilometers from the north to the south. The emergency lane has been opened by the traffic police, and they are waiting for the big crane to arrive. Once the big crane arrives, it will lift the bus and put it on the side of the road to solve the traffic jam."
Song Chaoyang and Yu Heping did not care about the traffic jam on the expressway. After all, it was not a big deal to be blocked for a while. The two of them, as well as Zheng Zijuan and other city leaders, were concerned about the heavy casualties caused by this accident and the terrible public opinion caused by it. Although Qingyang City was attacked without doing anything, it was purely a scapegoat. The responsibility of the accident did not lie with Qingyang City, but with the improper handling of the driver of the BMW off-road vehicle and the bus driver. However, the accident happened in Qingyang City after all. The news media would definitely label it with a regional label, and Qingyang City would be put in the teeth of the storm. The city leaders would certainly not have an easy time.
Yu Heping gave Song Chaoyang and the others a look. Several city leaders walked to a secluded corner. Li Rui, Ji Gang, Ji Xiaojia, and other secretaries also gathered around and stood beside them.
Yu Heping was the first to speak. "18 people have died, and there may be more who are seriously injured. Such a large number of deaths is very terrible on a national scale. Qingyang City will be roasted on the fire by the news media, and obviously, this will have a very negative impact on us. Therefore, I think we should unify our statements to the public and find ways to reduce the number of deaths. "
Song Chaoyang and the others nodded silently. On such a major issue, no one would oppose Yu Heping's opinion. Whoever opposed his opinion was equivalent to putting himself and all the city leaders in danger. Even a fool would not do that.
Zheng Zijuan said with a heavy expression, "I suggest that we don't announce the specific number of deaths and injuries to the public for the time being. We will talk about it after the provincial government gives instructions on this matter. After receiving the news of such a big traffic accident, the provincial party committee and the provincial government will definitely give instructions on how to deal with it. They will also form an accident investigation team. Before that, we can keep silent. At least we won't make political mistakes by keeping silent. "After that, he looked at Song Chaoyang and Yu Heping.
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