The scene of the incident. Photo provided by netizens. Diagram of the accident site: A - The bus door caught the female passenger's bag; B - The female passenger pushed her child away with all her strength; C - The female passenger fell under the wheels of the bus. This newspaper, Zhang Ye, made the diagram.
Yesterday afternoon at 3:30, a tragedy occurred on Moxiang Road in Xuanwu District, Nanjing City. A young mother was holding her child’s hand while getting off bus No. 11. Just as she had stepped down from the bus to the ground, the bus started moving. However, her backpack was caught by the bus door, and she was immediately dragged down and pulled under the right rear wheel of the bus, resulting in her unfortunate death. At the same moment the young mother was pulled under the wheels, in order to prevent the child she was holding from being knocked down by inertia, she pushed the child away with all her strength before falling. Ultimately, the child was saved.
Cai Yangyan, Ji Yuxuan
Sudden Tragedy
The bag got caught by the door, and the female passenger was dragged under the bottom of the wheel.
"Hey, why is there a woman lying by the roadside?" Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, Mr. Zhang, who was driving home after shopping at Jinsheng Department Store near Maigaoqiao, suddenly saw many citizens gathered on Moxiang Road. An elderly woman was lying on the ground motionless. When the reporter arrived at the scene, the traffic police were investigating. A 30-something-year-old woman was lying on the ground. She was wearing a blue down jacket, gray jeans, and had a pair of glasses on her face. She was lying motionless behind a red No. 11 bus. There was a pool of secretions by her mouth, and both her clothes and pants had multiple tears. A rescue worker told the reporter, "We just finished the electrocardiogram, but the hope is slim."
Witness Li Dade told the reporter that this was the Moxiang Road station for bus No. 11. He was preparing to transfer here to go to Zhujiang Road. At 3:30 PM, a No. 11 bus came from north to south and slowly entered the station. A mother and child got off from the back door. The woman had a large bag slung over her right shoulder and was holding a child of about three years old with her left hand. "Because she was carrying a child and also had something in her hands, her speed of getting off was relatively slow," said Li Dade. The child had already stepped down onto the ground when unfortunately it happened.
Just as the woman was about to place her other foot on the ground, the door suddenly closed. Because the woman had a large bag slung over her right shoulder, the bag was caught by the closing door. At this time, the bus suddenly started and began to move forward. Since the bag was caught, the woman was unable to move, and instantly she was dragged down. Li Dade said that the woman staggered and tried to take off her bag to maintain balance, but it was too late. Due to the huge inertia of the vehicle, the woman was flipped over on the ground. Because the passenger exit door and the right rear wheel of the car were too close, the woman was unfortunately run over by the wheel and lost consciousness on the spot.
Great Love Mother
Before falling, she used all her strength to push the child away.
When the reporter arrived at the scene, a kind-hearted Hu lady was still holding the child. She told the reporter that this was the child of the woman who was run over. The reporter saw that the child was about two or three years old and kept crying, shouting "find mom." Since the mother could not speak temporarily, no one at the scene knew how old the child was or the specific address of the family. Ms. Hu told the reporter that when the incident happened, she was waiting for the bus at the station. She saw the child step off before the mother. At this time, the bus suddenly started, and the mother was dragged down. In order to avoid dragging the child down, the woman used all her strength to push the child towards the roadside. The child stumbled and sat down on the side of the road and cried. While the mother was dragged under the car.
About 20 minutes later, Ms. Hu told the reporter that relatives of the child had already come to the scene and taken the child away. Ms. Hu told the reporter that the person who came to take the child away claimed to be the relative of the child and said that the deceased was in her thirties. In the afternoon, she brought the child to the Hongtaiyang Decoration City next to Moxiang Road to play. After finishing, they prepared to transfer to Moxiang Road to go home by bus, but unfortunately met with this disaster. Subsequently, the police sent the injured person to the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital for emergency treatment.
Driver's Recollection
Started the car only after confirming no one was getting on or off at the back door.
At the scene, the reporter met Wang, the driver of bus No. 11 at the time. He said that after the car stopped steadily, he specifically glanced at the display screen in front of the steering wheel and confirmed that no one was getting on or off at the back door before starting the car out of the station. "The car had just gone out not long when I suddenly felt a jolt and realized an incident had occurred," Wang said. He quickly stopped the car and dispersed the passengers inside. When he got out of the car, he saw a woman lying near the right rear wheel. Subsequently, the reporter rushed to the terminal station of bus No. 11 located near Jinsheng Department Store. A duty officer told the reporter that she had just learned about the situation and did not know much about the specifics yet. She only said that this driver, Master Wang, had been working in the fleet for four or five years.
As of press time, the reporter learned from the police that the woman's surname was Yuan, and she was in her thirties. Her specific social background was still under further investigation. After the incident, she was immediately sent to the nearby Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital for emergency treatment. Around 7:40 PM, Yuan passed away after unsuccessful rescue efforts. Currently, the police are still investigating further.
Reporter Experience
How can we prevent such tragedies from happening again?
Is there any way to prevent such tragedies from happening again? Yesterday afternoon, the reporter randomly boarded a No. 68 bus and personally experienced it. The No. 68 bus the reporter boarded was an air-conditioned bus. There was a disc-shaped camera at the back door of the bus. And in the middle of the driver's dashboard, there was a display screen that would always show the situation behind. However, when there were many people, the camera would be blocked by people, slightly affecting the view. The female driver of this No. 68 bus told the reporter that the normal speed of entering and leaving the station would definitely be very slow, just in case of accidents. Generally, before starting, she would glance at the display screen and confirm that no one was getting off before driving.
Yesterday afternoon, the reporter learned from Nanjing Zhongbei Bus Company that the company's requirement for vehicles entering and leaving the station was "Do not open the door until the car is stable, do not start until the door is properly closed." In addition, now technology is quite advanced, there are cameras near the passenger exit, and the driver can clearly see the situation of the passenger exit from the driver's position. It is also possible that too many people blocked the driver's line of sight, and the driver mainly looked at whether people were getting off, but neglected that the passenger's bag was caught. If it was not an air-conditioned bus, the driver could observe the rear of the car through the rearview mirror, ensuring the safety of passengers getting off.
For such situations, Director Pei of Zhongbei Bus Company said that the current main work is still to cooperate with the police to investigate the matter thoroughly. If it is really related to the driver's procedural error, the company has a special accident department that will impose corresponding penalties on the driver. In addition, Director Pei also told the reporter that during the daily operation of buses, there would be many elderly passengers and passengers with a lot of luggage whose actions of getting off would be relatively slow. At this time, the best method is to "shout loudly", loudly telling the driver "Don't close the door yet, there are still people not off," at which point the driver usually hears it and pays attention.
■ Link: Bus door trapping bag tragedies happen from time to time
On March 17, 2008, in Shenzhen, a No. 866 bus reached the Longgang Tianhong Mall platform to pick up and drop off passengers. A female passenger who had boarded the wrong bus hurriedly got off. Unexpectedly, the bus door caught the passenger's bag, and the vehicle immediately started. The female passenger was pulled down, and her right calf was crushed by the wheel, resulting in amputation of her right calf by the hospital.
On April 24, 2010, DanDan (a pseudonym), a mother in Hangzhou, was holding her son Xiaoyu, who was less than two years old, on bus K511 to attend a gathering. When the bus arrived at Guanyantang Neighborhood, the mother and child got off. As the door closed, it caught DanDan's bag. DanDan was pulled by the car, and instinctively let go of her hands, causing her son to fall on the ground. Unfortunately, Xiaoyu died.
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