The Nanfang'ao Cross-Hong Kong Bridge in Yilan County collapsed unexpectedly on the 1st.
China Taiwan Net, October 2 According to Taiwan's "China Times" report, the Nanfang'ao Cross-Hong Kong Bridge in Yilan County, Taiwan broke and collapsed at 9:30 a.m. on the 1st. The moving oil tanker flipped over in an instant, and the bridge deck fell to the ground from a height of about 6 stories and 18 meters. Three fishing boats parked under the bridge were crushed and sunk on the spot. A fishing boat was going to enter the port through the bridge. When it saw the bridge breaking apart in front of its eyes, it had to make an emergency stop to save its life. The truck following the oil tanker on the bridge also almost climbed onto the bridge and fell into the sea after the emergency stop. Witnesses described: "The scene was like a disaster movie!"
According to reports, at about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, Zhang Jianchang, who was driving a tanker truck, was transporting oil while passing the cross-port bridge. The bridge suddenly collapsed on the way, and the whole vehicle fell and caught fire. Witnesses People exclaimed: "We crossed the bridge in just one second!" The driver of a truck surnamed Zhang behind was about 300 meters away from the oil tanker. As soon as he slowed down on the uphill section, he saw the bridge break.
"My car is parked right in front of the broken bridge!" the driver surnamed Zhang said with lingering fear. He had just finished delivering the goods and was about to turn back. Fortunately, he applied emergency braking and did not fall into the harbor. The man surnamed Chen who was driving the fishing boat was originally going to return to Hong Kong through the cross-harbour bridge, but he was shocked to see the bridge collapse in front of his eyes and quickly stopped the boat. He had a close encounter with death and could not calm down for a long time.
At the moment when the cross-harbour bridge collapsed, a person named Li who happened to be nearby recalled that he heard a "boom" at about 9:30 and saw the bridge falling, followed by blinding white smoke. Local residents, The foreign fishermen were talking a lot and couldn't believe that the bridge had fallen. A woman surnamed Lin, one kilometer away from the broken bridge, said that she was doing laundry during the day when she suddenly heard a loud noise. "I thought it was thunder or an explosion!" She said that the power was out at home for about an hour, and soon she heard an ambulance and Fire truck sirens sounded, and the news of the bridge collapse immediately spread in the small fishing village. "I never expected that the bridge would collapse!"
"There are still three friends who are missing, so I am very worried!" Two Indonesian friends who were injured fishermen yesterday afternoon At about 3 o'clock, we went to the Taipei Veterans General Hospital Su'ao Branch to visit a friend who was hospitalized. Fortunately, there were volunteers on site who knew Indonesian and helped with translation, which made the two of them feel relieved and looked forward to a miracle happening. In addition, there were two missing fishermen friends standing on the shore with their hands clasped together and frequently looking at the crash site. The scene was sad.
Nanfang'ao Residents said that Nanfang'ao has transformed and developed into tourism. Tourists visit every Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the sea view and eat seafood. In addition, there are heavy traffic during holidays. The cross-harbour bridge is a must-have for access to Tofu Cape and Neipi Beach. "If it happens on a holiday, it may cause more serious casualties!" (Li Ning, China Taiwan Network)
