Chen Xuhou, a reporter from thepaper.cn

At around 02:10 on May 1, an expressway collapse occurred near K1100m (about 2 km from the exit of the Chayang section) on the Meida Expressway from Dapu to Fujian, Guangdong Meizhou Daily reported. As a result of the accident, 18 vehicles were trapped and 31 people were rescued at the scene and taken to hospital for treatment. Rescue of the accident is under way and the cause of the accident is under investigation. After receiving the accident report, the Guangdong provincial party committee and provincial government attached great importance to it and quickly directed and dispatched the rescue work. Meizhou City and Dapu County public security, emergency, fire fighting, health and other relevant departments rushed to the scene to carry out rescue. At present, the two-way lanes of Mei-Da Expressway are all closed, so vehicles should pay attention to detour.

The traffic police detachment of the Meizhou Public Security Bureau said that at about 2 am on May 1, the Meizhou-Dalian Expressway (S12) in Guangdong Province collapsed on the K11y900m road towards Fujian, resulting in a two-way closure. In order to ensure travel safety, vehicles need to make a detour from the following roads: first, vehicles from Meizhou to Fujian leave the highway from Sanhe Toll Station in Dapu, detour to Chayang via Huliao and G235 National Highway, and get on the highway from Chayang Toll Station. Second, vehicles from Fujian to Meizhou leave the highway from the Chayang Toll Station in Tai Po, take the G235 National Highway to Huliao, and get on the highway from the Sanhe Toll Station in Tai Po.

Thepaper.cn noted that the relevant video showed that at the time of the incident, the vehicle that fell from the highway caught fire, and the fire was serious. The owner of the accident left a message on the Internet that several cars fell off the highway and an explosion was heard at the scene. After finding something was wrong, the owner stopped and stopped the car behind.

On the morning of May 1, a car owner on the road section of the accident told thepaper.cn that it was around 18:00 on April 30.MetaversegamescryptoHe set off from Shenzhen to return to his hometown in Fujian. Due to highway congestion, he drove to the vicinity of the accident road at about 2 am on May 1. At that time, he saw many vehicles turning backwards and learned that the highway ahead had collapsed, so he also followed other vehicles retrograde back to the service area, and then got off the highway and took the national highway home.

The owner said that after communicating with the owners present, he learned that a number of cars had fallen from the highway, and some of them caught fire. When an elderly car owner found out, he quickly stopped the car and ran back hundreds of meters to stop the car to prevent another accident in the back.

A local resident in Dapu County told thepaper.cn that the highway collapsed in Chayang Town, Dapu County, Meizhou City. According to the photos provided by it, several vehicles falling from the highway have been severely burned and smoking.

A netizen told thepaper.cn that her friend drove from Shenzhen to Fujian and unfortunately fell off the highway. There were three adults and two children on the bus at that time, but none of them could be contacted at present. The netizen said that this friend went with another friend and drove two cars, while the other friend just went to the toilet and dodged a bullet.