The night before last, there was heavy rain in Fuzhou. The water level of the small river near Dongxing village, Geling Town, Yongtai county soared and the small bridge was flooded. At 1 o’clock in the morning yesterday, a sudden cry of help came from the river. A foreign couple working in Yongtai rode a motorcycle to cross the bridge. Unfortunately, an accident occurred. A mao bamboo rushed down from the upstream hit the motorcycle and stuck the wheel; The motorcycle lost its center of gravity and turned over the bridge. The couple were involved in the surging river. In a critical moment, the husband grabbed a cable above the river and climbed ashore with difficulty. His wife disappeared in the swift current. At 4 pm yesterday, his wife’s body was found downstream.
The couple fell into the river from the bridge. After the husband was washed away for 100 meters, he caught the cable and survived.
The bridge was flooded by the river yesterday morning.
The husband grabbed the “life-saving cable” after being washed away for 100 meters”
Yesterday morning, when the Haidu reporter arrived at the scene, the river had receded and the submerged bridge was exposed to the water in the early morning.
Mr. You, who worked at a nearby construction site, was at the scene when the incident happened. He told the reporter that the husband Yang MOU of the couple who fell into the water was his contractor, and his wife’s surname was Lan. Both the couple and their workmates live in embroidery frame by the river. Because embroidery frame is relatively simple and there is no TV, workers often go to the village on the other side to watch TV.
Yesterday morning, after watching TV, Yang took his wife home on a motorcycle. At this time, the river had been about 20 centimeters above the bridge. Yang stopped at the water, plus-sized the throttle, rushed to the bridge and waded through. Just when the motorcycle rode to the middle of the river, an accident happened! A mao bamboo rushed down from the upstream hit the motorcycle and stuck the wheel; The motorcycle lost its center of gravity and turned over the bridge. The couple were involved in the surging river.
“I quickly called for help, and several villagers came to help.” Mr. You said that it was dark and rainy at that time, and the visibility was very low. Everyone swam down the river bank to find it and found that it was more than 100 meters downstream, yang caught a cable above the river.
Under the dim light of the flashlight, Yang climbed to the shore along the cable and was rescued by the workers. But his wife Lan disappeared in the turbulent flow, so the workers had to call the police.
His wife’s body was found more than 300 meters downstream.
Yesterday afternoon, the reporter met Yang in embroidery frame. Because he had been soaked in the cold river for too long, Yang had a fever after being rescued ashore and just returned to bottle rack after Embroidery frame in the hospital. His wife’s life and death were unknown. Yang was wrapped in a quilt, and his expression was not determined. He was unwilling to say a word. According to the workers, Yang and his wife went to this construction site for only about 2 months.
The reporter later learned from Yongtai police that at 1 o’clock in the morning, they received the alarm and Ge Ling civil police later arrived to organize rescue. The search and rescue team searched along the river bank overnight. It was not until 4 pm yesterday that the body of lanmou was found more than 300 meters downstream.
At present, Yongtai traffic police have intervened in this matter and launched further investigations. Ge Ling town is also coordinating family members to deal with the aftermath. (Reporter Chih-Hung Chang/Wen Mao Chaoqing/picture)