On the afternoon of October 5, there was a sudden heavy snow in the high-altitude area of Qilian County in our province. The heavy snow caused serious snow on the national and provincial roads such as dadongshuyakou and jingyangling in Qilian county and Zhangye, Gansu Province!
It coincides with the national day. A large number of self driving vehicles and tourist vehicles travel on these roads to ensure the safety of thousands of vehicles and tourists. The traffic police brigade of Qilian county was dispatched urgently and divided into three teams to go to important traffic throats such as dadongshuyakou, jingyangling and ebaoling for tourist rescue and protective vehicle departure.
As of 6:00 on the 6th, after 12 hours of continuous operation, the traffic police brigade of Qilian county has safely transferred from dadongshu pass to the county seat, with more than 700 tourists and more than 2000 protective vehicles on all roads. At the same time, as of the press time on the morning of the 6th, there were more than 1000 vehicles stranded in jingyangling.
Sudden heavy snow:
Nearly 1000 tourists were trapped at dadongshu pass
At about 18:00 on October 5, there was a sudden heavy snow in Qilian County, our province. The national and provincial trunk roads entering and leaving Qilian and entering Zhangye, Gansu Province had serious snow in a very short time. At this time, due to the national day tourism holiday, many self driving tourism vehicles and buses from other provinces and our province were trapped and unable to drive at jingyangling, EBAO Ling and dadongshu pass. After learning the situation, Zhaxi, the leader of Qilian County Traffic Police Brigade, immediately led the police and auxiliary police of the whole brigade to the scene for rescue and transfer of tourists and protective dredging of vehicles.
At about 6:30 on the 6th, the police and auxiliary police of the traffic police brigade of Qilian County successively arrived at jingyangling, dadongshuyakou and other sections with more snow stranded vehicles. After arriving at the scene, the snow has been drifting and the temperature has dropped sharply. In order to prevent tourists from any accidents, the brigade urgently transferred trapped bus tourists and vehicles with anti-skid chains to Qilian county. At the same time, the police and auxiliary police were arranged to conduct protective dredging and drive away from more than 70 vehicles stranded. The police and auxiliary police helped install anti-skid chains for vehicles and push out vehicles in the snow one by one.
Qilian traffic police:
12 hours of night fighting to divert the masses
Soon, more than 700 passengers were sent to Qilian County in the wind and snow, and more than 40 vehicles that could go down the mountain were also safely down the mountain with the help of the traffic police. As of about 9:00 on the 6th, more than 30 vehicles at dadongshu pass could not go down the mountain and stay. All tourists and people were safely transferred to Qilian county.
At the same time, nearly 3000 vehicles were stranded in jingyangling from Qilian to Zhangye, Gansu Province on the evening of October 5. The traffic police brigade of Qilian county began to dredge and drive away the road vehicles from about 18:00 on October 5. The police and auxiliary police helped the driver install anti-skid chains and push carts. By 9:00 on October 6, after 12 hours of operation, More than 2000 stranded vehicles were dredged. The faces of the police and auxiliary police at the scene have been frozen, all their faces are iron cyan, all their clothes have been soaked by snow and water, and many police have changed three pairs of light soaked shoes in their continuous work. [
The reporter learned from the scene that the deepest snow is less than the adult knee, with a thickness of 50 cm.! -- empirenews. Page --]
Xining citizens:
Organize the drivers and passengers to save themselves
The work of the traffic police also made the drivers and passengers stranded at the scene look in the eyes and hurt in the heart. When Zhang ruibing, a citizen of our city, saw the situation, he immediately got off the bus and shouted on the snow road that all young and middle-aged drivers and passengers get off the bus to help push the cart. Under his appeal, many drivers and passengers joined the industry to help push the cart, and the trapped cars slowly drove off the snow road. During the video interview on the morning of June 6, Zhang ruibing gasped and constantly asked more drivers and passengers to join the cart. It has become a warm scenery on the ice and snow road. After learning that a child on Zhang ruibing's car had diarrhea, the traffic police brigade of Qilian County coordinated the police force to help check the child's situation.
In an interview, Zhang ruibing said: 'the traffic police have been busy all night. We see it in our eyes and it hurts in our hearts. Their clothes are wet, their shoes are wet, and their faces are blue with cold. I can't be a bystander. The number of traffic police is limited, and our bodies have been seriously overdrawn. If we don't participate in self-help, I can't justify it in my conscience. "
At the appeal of Zhang Ruixue, the drivers and passengers joined the carts one by one. Although the altitude was high, many tourists and people wore coarse clothes and pushed dozens of cars to a safe area within a few hours. As of press time, Zhang ruibing was still helping the cart, and his car was still on the roadside.
In addition, the reporter got the news from the command center of the traffic police corps of the provincial public security department. The dadongshu filling road from Xihai town to Qilian section of provincial highway S204 is covered with snow. Now the traffic is blocked. A temporary station has been set up at 89km to remind passing drivers to prohibit the passage of large vehicles, and small vehicles can pass only with anti-skid chains. The traffic police reminded that when driving in rainy and snowy weather, please slow down, increase the safe distance, turn on the clearance lights, reduce the number of lane changes, do not step on the brakes, drive safely and civilized, and travel safely and happily
At present, the snowfall in high-altitude areas in Qilian county has been continuing. The police and auxiliary police of Qilian County Traffic Police Brigade continue to help trapped vehicles and personnel leave the scene. This newspaper will continue to pay attention to the situation of stranded vehicles and dredging.
As of press time at 10:00 on the 6th, more than the previous vehicle was still stranded in the direction of Qilian entering Zhangye, Gansu. Please avoid this section and choose other routes to bypass.