A woman drowned in a flooded culvert after a rainstorm in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province? Local response: Bridge and culvert | Pearl | Woman
On July 17, a sudden rainstorm occurred in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, causing serious ponding in some sections of the urban area. It is rumored that there is a large area of water accumulation in the Pearl Bridge culvert in Runzhou District. A woman drowned while riding an electric scooter through the culvert. On the afternoon of the 17th, staff from the Emergency Management Bureau of Runzhou District told reporters from the Xiaoxiang Morning Post that the situation was true.
On the morning of the 17th, a netizen posted a video claiming that a group of people in Zhenjiang were submerged in a culvert under the bridge. Someone in the video said, "A person in the water, call the police. How can we save this?".
According to another online report from the Municipal Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau, at around 8:00 am on the 17th, at the Pearl Bridge culvert in the city, a citizen ignored warning signs and did not listen to advice. They forcefully rushed into the culvert by riding an electric scooter from the motor vehicle lane, but unfortunately drowned despite rescue efforts.
According to Jiupai News, on the afternoon of the 17th, the reporter contacted the Zhenjiang Flood Control and Drought Relief Command, and the staff said that the emergency was reported by the Municipal Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau. At that time, the culvert area had been sealed off and there were dedicated personnel on duty. The person involved, disregarding warning signs and on-site personnel's dissuasion, forcibly rode an electric bike through an unsealed motor vehicle lane. Unfortunately, after unsuccessful rescue efforts, he drowned.
On the afternoon of the 17th, staff from the Emergency Management Bureau of Runzhou District told reporters from the Xiaoxiang Morning Post that the situation was true. "The news we received was that around 8 o'clock in the morning, a woman riding an electric scooter was flooded and couldn't be rescued. The fire department and police were present at the scene."
According to the WeChat official account released by Zhenjiang, the rainstorm yellow warning signal was upgraded to rainstorm orange warning signal at 7:13 on July 17, and the rainstorm orange warning signal was decomposed at 14:07 on the same day.
