Nanfang'ao Hong Kong crossing bridge in Yilan County collapsed on the 1st. The fishing boat was pressed and many foreign employees were suspected to be trapped. The Taiwan Navy barge pulled out the trapped ship. With the cooperation of the rescue personnel, the ship was pulled ashore, and the rescue personnel immediately entered the search and rescue. (photo source: Taiwan's Zhongshi electronic news)
China Taiwan network, October 2 - according to Taiwan's China times, the nanfang'ao Hong Kong crossing bridge in Yilan, Taiwan, broke and collapsed at 9:30 a.m. on the 1st. The oil tank truck running on the bridge immediately turned over, and fell to the ground from an altitude of about 6 floors and 18 meters with the bridge deck. Three fishing boats parked under the bridge were sunk on the spot. A fishing boat had to go through the bridge to enter the port. Seeing that the bridge broke in front of her, she stopped driving in an emergency to save her life. The truck behind the oil tanker on the bridge almost got on the bridge and died in a hurry. Witnesses described: 'the scene is like a disaster film!'
It is reported that at about 9 a.m. yesterday, Zhang Jianchang, who was driving an oil tanker, passed the Cross Harbour Bridge for transporting oil. On the way, the bridge suddenly collapsed, and the whole vehicle fell and caught fire. Witnesses shouted: "it's only one second to cross the bridge!" The truck surnamed Zhang in the rear was about 300 meters away from the oil tank truck. As soon as he slowed down on the uphill section, he saw the bridge break.
'My car is parked in front of the broken bridge! ' The driver surnamed Zhang said with lingering fear that he had just delivered the goods and wanted to turn back. Fortunately, he didn't fall into Hong Kong until he broke the emergency brake. The man surnamed Chen driving the fishing boat was supposed to return to Hong Kong through the Cross Harbour Bridge, but he was surprised to see the bridge collapse in front of him and quickly stopped the boat. As he passed by death, his mood could not be calmed for a long time.
At the moment of the collapse of the Cross Harbour Bridge, people surnamed Li, who happened to be nearby, recalled that at about 9:30, they heard a 'Bang', and saw the bridge fall down, followed by blinding white smoke. Local residents and foreign fishermen talked about it one after another. They couldn't believe that the bridge fell. A woman surnamed Lin, one kilometer away from the broken bridge, said that when she was washing clothes during the day, she suddenly heard a loud noise, 'I thought it was thunder or explosion!' She said that after the power failure at home for about an hour, she soon heard the sirens of ambulances and fire engines. The news of the bridge collapse immediately spread in the small fishing village, "I didn't expect the bridge to fall!"
"Three other friends lost contact. I'm very worried!" Two injured Indonesian fishermen went to su'ao branch of Taipei Veterans General Hospital at about 3 p.m. yesterday to visit their hospitalized friends. Fortunately, there were volunteers who understood Indonesian and assisted in translation, which relieved the two people a little and looked forward to a miracle. In addition, two friends of lost fishermen stood on the shore with their hands folded and looked at the crash site frequently. The scene was sad.
Nanfang Ao residents said that Nanfang Ao's transformation and development of tourism, tourists visit every Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the sea view and eat seafood. In addition, there is a flood of holiday cars. The Cross Hong Kong bridge is the only road to tofu cape and neiyu beach. "If it's a holiday, it may cause more serious casualties!"