After much effort, the reporter found one of the rescuers, Mr. Gao. According to him, at around 6:00 AM that day, he was surfing the internet at an internet cafe near Hong Kong Street. Suddenly, a loud noise came from outside, and he rushed out of the cafe with two young men without any prior agreement. They saw at the intersection of Hong Kong Street and Huayuan Street, a medium-sized bus had overturned on the side of the road with its front facing east. Next to it was a small car with a crushed front. The three men looked inside the bus and saw two adults and five elementary school students with backpacks standing inside. All seven were frightened, and the children were trembling. Mr. Gao quickly climbed onto the bus body, forcefully opened a window, reached in to pull out a child, then handed the child to the two youths waiting below. One by one, within five minutes, Mr. Gao and the others had rescued all five trapped elementary school students. They then began to rescue the driver and teacher inside the bus. By the time the 120 emergency ambulance arrived, all seven trapped individuals had been rescued. Seeing that the children and adults were unharmed, Mr. Gao went home to sleep.
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The school bus was hit from the side and flipped over.
Mr. Gao told the reporter that he is a taxi driver. Judging from the appearance, the involved school bus should be a used car.
Traffic Police
Yesterday, the reporter came to the school where the accident occurred - the Mudu Town Migrant Workers' Children Central Elementary School in Suzhou City. This school is divided into a kindergarten and an elementary school section. The exterior walls of the school buildings are worn, appearing rather shabby. There were four or five school buses parked at the school gate, all large or medium-sized buses. These cars had quite a bit of mud on their bodies, parts of the paint had peeled off, and they looked very old.
Education Bureau
This staff member stated that after the above-mentioned accident occurred, the Wuzhong District Education Bureau immediately dispatched professional psychological counselors to provide psychological guidance to the children who experienced the car accident. Next, they will issue a notice informing all subordinate schools about this incident, reminding them to always prioritize student safety. They will also cooperate with other relevant departments to conduct joint inspections of all subordinate schools, including school bus safety inspections, and increase efforts to investigate unlimited admissions at migrant workers' children schools.
At around 6:30 AM yesterday morning, a traffic accident occurred at the intersection of Huayuan Street and Hong Kong Street in Mudu Town, Suzhou. A minibus for a migrant workers' children school collided with a small car, causing the minibus to lose control and flip over. At the time, there was one driver, one leading teacher, and five elementary school students on the minibus. Fortunately, after the accident, some kind-hearted passers-by participated in the rescue in time. Luckily, the accident did not result in any casualties. The police initially investigated and found that the involved school bus was a used car that had passed review, and the cause of the accident might be improper operation by the school bus driver.
Doctor Pan from Suzhou Mudu People's Hospital told the reporter that the five children were from a local migrant workers' children school, brought by a teacher. None of the six people showed obvious external injuries, only one child said his finger hurt a little, but it was no big deal.
Subsequently, the reporter interviewed the Mudu Team of the Suzhou Public Security Bureau Traffic Police Detachment responsible for investigating the above-mentioned incident. According to a team leader, the above-mentioned accident happened at around 6:30 AM yesterday. Preliminary investigations revealed that at the time of the incident, the school bus was traveling south on Hong Kong Street, while a locally licensed small car was traveling west on Huayuan Street. At the intersection of the two roads, the small car collided with the side of the school bus, causing the school bus to lose control and flip over. Since the speeds of the two vehicles were not too high, the accident did not result in any casualties. The involved school bus, although a used car, had passed all reviews. The driver also held the necessary driving qualifications. At the time, there were five students, one leading teacher, and one driver on board. It was understood that the cause of the above-mentioned accident might be improper operation by the school bus driver, and further details were still under investigation.
According to Mr. Yang, the school's supervisor of school buses, at around 6:30 AM that day, one of the school's school buses, which could carry 17 people, slightly scraped against a small car at the intersection of Hong Kong Street and Huayuan Street. Possibly due to a slippery road surface, the school bus lost control and flipped over. At the time, there was one driver, one leading teacher, and five third to fifth-grade students on the bus. Mr. Yang said that after the accident, the driver and teachers and students were immediately sent to the nearby hospital for examination. Neither the driver nor the six teachers and students were injured and have already returned to school.
Incident
6 school buses are "qualified second-hand goods"
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Migrant workers' children schools mostly use second-hand cars
School Authorities
School bus overturns, passers-by urgently rescue
According to Suzhou Wujiang District Education Bureau, currently, there are 10 approved migrant workers' children schools in Wujiang District, each school has its own school bus, "basically all second-hand", but these cars have undergone multiple inspections. If there are safety issues, they absolutely would not be allowed on the road.
Yang Teacher frankly admitted that the involved school bus was a used car, purchased in 2006. Although old, the car was equipped with fire extinguishers, escape hammers, GPS, and other equipment, and had passed relevant reviews. He told the reporter that the school currently has six school buses, all of which are used cars: "A brand new medium-sized bus costs at least 100,000 yuan, and the government does not subsidize this area, so we can only buy used ones."
Currently, relevant departments in Wujiang District are discussing subsidy matters for school buses at migrant workers' children schools. Soon, the approved migrant workers' children schools in the district may enjoy school bus subsidies provided by the government.
Accident Location
At around 11:00 AM yesterday, the reporter arrived at the accident scene. According to an informed person, the accident occurred at around 6:30 AM, when a school bus and a small car collided at the intersection of Hong Kong Street and Huayuan Street, causing the school bus to overturn. At the time, there were five children and two adults in the school bus. Three young men were the first to arrive at the scene and rescued the five children.