Bus accident claims 26 lives in Chongqing |
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| Apr.24 - An unsafe bridge has also been blamed for a bus accident that has so far claimed 26 lives in Chongqing.
The guardrails on each side of the bridge were only ten centimeters in height, far lower than the minimum height of 46 centimeters required by law, Li Yizhong, Minister of the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS), said at the scene of the accident.
"The railings were made of cement but not reinforced by steel bars," he said. "A combination of poor road quality, overloading1 and lax traffic management are to blame for the worst road accident in China so far this year," he said.
Local traffic police are blaming overloading and speeding as the main causes of the accident. They said the bus should not have been carrying more than 25 passengers. Police also said overnight rain may have caused the road to become slippery and contributed to the accident.
The accident happened around 8:10 a.m. on Monday when a bus carrying 32 passengers, seven more than its limit, ploughed through a guardrail of the Changsheng bridge that spans a narrow gully. It was traveling on a road that runs parallel to the Jialing River on its way from downtown Yubei District to Beibei, in the suburbs of Chongqing, on Monday morning.
The bus plunged2 13 meters killing3 22 passengers on the spot.
Two others died on the way to the hospital. Eight people were rushed to hospital where six, including the bus driver, are being treated for serious injuries.
Most victims are residents from the two districts and police are still trying establish their identities.
Half of the railings were destroyed by the accident and vehicles have been diverted to a nearby highway.
Zhou Mubing, vice4 mayor of Chongqing and head of the rescue team, said the Beibei District has organized 32 teams to meet victims and their families, console them and start sorting out compensation issues.
Government leaders, including Zhou Mubing, are overseeing the rescue operation and handling the aftermath of the accident.
The bus belonged to the city's state-owned Yuyun Company. Statistics show the company is registered with an asset of 610 million yuan (about 79 million U.S. dollars) and employs more than 2,300 staff. It owns about 1,350 buses and trucks and operates about 390 routes.
Statistics from the Chongqing municipal government show 253 people died in 202 road accidents in the first quarter of this year. Of the major accidents, 62.5 percent were caused by overloading, which was blamed for about 62 percent of the total fatalities5.
Last October, a bus fell off the elevated on-ramp of a Chongqing bridge killing 30 people and injuring 20.
On January 1, overloading caused an road accident that killed nine people and injured 35.
Just ten days ago, five people were killed and 36 were injured in a 52-vehicle pile-up in Chongqing. The vehicles carried 1,000 tons more than their limit, and some of them carried five times their stipulated6 weight limits.
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overloading
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| 过载，超载，过负载 |
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- Enables multiple users to search the site without overloading the server. 使多个用户搜索网站，而无需超载的服务器上。
- The driver got stripped down again for overloading his trunk. 那位卡车司机因为超载又受到责备。
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plunged
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| v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降 |
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- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
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killing
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| n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财 |
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- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
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vice
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| n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的 |
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- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
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fatalities
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| n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运 |
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- Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
- The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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stipulated
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| vt.& vi.规定；约定adj.[法]合同规定的 |
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- A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。
- Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。 来自辞典例句
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