国内英语资讯:China Focus: Rescuers go all out following bus plunge in Chongqing
<p><span word="CHONGQING">CHONGQING</span>, <span word="Oct">Oct</span>. 28-- <span word="A">A</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="onboard">onboard</span> <span word="suddenly">suddenly</span> <span word="veered">veered</span> <span word="onto">onto</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="collided">collided</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="plunging">plunging</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chongqing">Chongqing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="local">local</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 10 <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="driver">driver</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="fencing">fencing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="drove">drove</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="at">at</span> 10:08 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chongqing">Chongqing</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Wanzhou">Wanzhou</span> <span word="District">District</span>.</p><p><span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="retrieved">retrieved</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="river">river</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="of">of</span> 8 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span>. <span word="Over">Over</span> 20 <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="boats">boats</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="carry">carry</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="salvage">salvage</span> <span word="operations">operations</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="preliminary">preliminary</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="crossed">crossed</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="marking">marking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crashed">crashed</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="driving">driving</span> <span word="normally">normally</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="side">side</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="driver">driver</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="treated">treated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="watch">watch</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span>, <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Second">Second</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="Bridge">Bridge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Wanzhou">Wanzhou</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="way">way</span>, <span word="four">four</span>-<span word="lane">lane</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="overall">overall</span> <span word="width">width</span> <span word="of">of</span> 20 <span word="meters">meters</span>. <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fence">fence</span> <span word="breach">breach</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="duty">duty</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sinking">sinking</span> <span word="spot">spot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deepest">deepest</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="river">river</span>.</p><p><span word="Based">Based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="on">on</span>-<span word="site">site</span> <span word="technical">technical</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span>, <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span> <span word="located">located</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sinking">sinking</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="sank">sank</span> <span word="about">about</span> 68 <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="water">water</span>. <span word="Several">Several</span> <span word="frogmen">frogmen</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dive">dive</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="complex">complex</span> <span word="underwater">underwater</span> <span word="situations">situations</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="underwater">underwater</span> <span word="robot">robot</span> <span word="equipped">equipped</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="definition">definition</span> <span word="cameras">cameras</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="surface">surface</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="diving">diving</span> <span word="about">about</span> 30 <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="evening">evening</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p>
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