& shy; After hitting the roadside house, the bus head was beyond recognition.
& shy; At about 1 noon yesterday, a No. 36 bus from Mawei Dongqi to Taijiang district of Fuzhou passed Shuangfeng village, Tingjiang town. It was suspected that a car in front suddenly stopped, when the bus was in emergency avoidance, it hit the wall of the roadside house and got under the stairs, causing 8 passengers to be injured and the bus to be damaged.
& shy; At 2 pm yesterday, when the Southeast Express reporter arrived at the scene, about 10 meters away from the bus station in Shuangfeng village, Mawei Tingjiang town, the lane to Fuzhou had been temporarily closed, vehicles can only pass slowly through the opposite lane. A large crane stretched out its long lifting arm and slowly pulled out a bus drilling under the stairs of a roadside house.
& shy; The front of the right side of the bus has been smashed and sunk in. The iron sheet of the right side of the bus body is almost knocked off and swaying in the air. The right side of the door and part of the window are also knocked off, and the glass is scattered all over the road. The water supply pipeline in the roadside ditch was disconnected after being hit, and tap water was pouring out.
& shy; “First I heard an emergency brake, then there was a burst of screaming and hitting the wall.” Mr. Zhu, a nearby villager, said that the accident happened at 1 o’clock yesterday noon when he was resting at home and suddenly heard a sound. He ran out and saw a No. 36 bus driving into the roadside ditch, and rushed forward along the wall of his house, finally got into the stairs and couldn’t move, then stopped.
& shy; “in the accident, a total of 8 passengers were injured. One of the women was seriously injured and his head was covered with blood.” Mr. Zhu said that the injured people were all adults and had no children. The injured were then sent to Majiang hospital for treatment.
& shy; According to a middle-aged man at the scene, a car suddenly stopped in front of the bus. In order to avoid it, the bus rushed to the left and turned back to the right. The steering wheel was out of control for a while and fell into a roadside ditch and rushed along the wall of the house. After the accident, the car left the scene.
& shy; The reporter of Southeast Express asked whether the man was a driver. The man only said that he was from the bus company and came to help. The driver had left the scene. It is understood that No. 36 bus belongs to Fuzhou Bus Group, and the driving route is Ma Wei Dongqi to Fuzhou Rende bus station.
& shy; At present, the police are investigating the cause of the accident. (Reporter Liu Tsinghua Liu Shuowen/picture)