The cause of the Chongqing bus crash: the passenger and the driver fought fiercely, causing the vehicle to lose control

On November 2nd, Liugong excavator parts learned from the news briefing on the cause of the Chongqing Wanzhou bus crash. At 10:8 am on October 28th, a bus and a car in Wanzhou District, Chongqing After the second Yangtze River Bridge in Wanzhou District collided, the bus crashed into the river. After the incident, the Party Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to it, and the National Emergency Management Department, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Transport sent personnel to Chongqing for on-site counseling and handling. The municipal and district party committees and governments have arranged public security, emergency, maritime, fire, long-distance voyage, health and other parts to form an on-site headquarters to fully carry out search and rescue operations, on-site investigations, incident inquiries, and aftermath disposal.

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The on-site headquarters arranged more than 70 professional salvage ships, and professional forces such as frogman rescue teams, underwater robots, and gondolas circle the waters where the bus crashed into the river to carry out search and rescue operations. After the incident, the 15 drivers and occupants were clarified after a detailed inquiry. Together, they overcame practical difficulties such as complicated water conditions and a water depth of more than 70 meters, and successively recovered the bodies of 13 victims and recognized their identities. Accurately locate the location of the falling river vehicle, and salvage the falling river bus ashore at 23:28 on October 31. Now, the aftermath is being carried out in an orderly manner.

The public security organs successively collected more than 2,300 hours of surveillance video, and more than 220 fragments of the driving recorder video, and checked more than 160 passing vehicles before and after the incident, and inquired about witnesses who visited the scene, the drivers and passengers of the surrounding vehicles, and the passengers who got off the vehicle in advance 132 related personnel of the bus company and related persons involved. At 0:50 in the morning of October 31st, after the divers salvaged the on-board driving recorder and SD card out of the water, the public security organs repeatedly imitated the experiment, successfully recovered the SD card data, and extracted the internal monitoring video of the vehicle before the incident.

The public security organs conducted a comprehensive investigation of 36 stops on the journey of the 22 bus. After visiting the two stops before the incident (Nanshan Chalukou Station and Huilanta Station), the 4 passengers who got off at the time proved that there was one in the car at that time. The middle-length female passenger in light blue denim had a dispute with the driver because of missing the address to get off the bus. Upon further inquiry, the female passenger was Liu (48 years old, from Wanzhou District). Summarize the previous inquiry and visits, and confirm with the extracted internal video surveillance of the vehicle, and restore the situation at the time of the incident.

At 5:1 in the morning of October 28, the morning bus driver Ran Mou (male, 42 years old, from Wanzhou District) of the bus company left home for work. At 5:50, he drove No. 22 bus and departed from the starting station Wanda Plaza. The No. 22 bus travels normally. It was Ran Mou's third departure at the time of the incident. At 9:35, passenger Liu got on the train at the Four Seasons Flower City Station in Longdu Square, and his destination was No. 1 Home Furnishing Museum Station. Because of road repairs and diversions, No. 22 bus no longer runs at No.1 Home Museum Station. When the car arrived at Nanbin Park Station, the driver Ran reminded the passengers who had arrived at No.1 Home Furnishing Hall to get off at this station, but Liu did not get off. When the car continued to trek, Liu found that the vehicle had passed his destination station and asked to get off, but there was no bus stop there, and the driver Ran did not park. At 10:3:32, Liu moved from his seat to the right rear side of Ran Mou who was driving, leaning on the armrest pillars around Ran Mou to blame Ran Mou, Ran Mou went back to explain and argue with Liu Mou repeatedly, and the two sides argued gradually Promoted, and have aggressive speech to each other. At 10:8:49, when the car trekked to the Wanzhou Second Yangtze River Bridge 348 meters away from the south bridge, Liu’s right hand held the mobile phone and hit the right side of Ran’s head. At 10:8:50, Ran rolled out the steering wheel with his right hand. Hit back, swinging Liu's neck sideways in a boxing. Later, Liu once again hit Ran's shoulder with his mobile phone, Ran used his right hand to block and grab Liu's right upper arm. At 10:8:51, Ran recovered his right hand and used his right hand to drive to the left (vehicle speed is 51 kilometers per hour), causing the vehicle to lose control and deviate to the left, skipping the center solid line, and opposing the red car traveling normally (vehicle speed (58 kilometers) after the collision, he rushed to the curb, broke the guardrail and fell into the river.

Inquiring the track of the driver Ran a few days before the incident, his behavior was not abnormal. The night before the incident, the driver Ran had a heavy dinner with his parents without drinking, and returned to his room at 21:00 with normal energy levels. The weather was clear at the time of the incident, the road section was flat, free from potholes and obstacles, and the driving vision was excellent. After the vehicle was salvaged and landed, it was identified by the Chongqing Xindao Traffic Incident Judicial Appraisal Institute that before the incident, the vehicle's lights, steering and braking were effective, and the transmission and trekking system skills were normal, eliminating the factors that caused the vehicle to lose control due to the failure.

According to the facts of the inquiry, the passenger Liu had a dispute with the bus driver Ran Mou who was driving and trekking while riding the bus, and twice attacked Ran Mou, the bus driver who was driving with his mobile phone, and impaired the safety of the vehicle. The behavior severely impairs the safety of vehicles traveling. As a bus driver, Ran had a dispute with the passenger Liu when driving the bus. After being attacked by Liu, he should realize that the counterattack and grabbing behavior would severely damage the safety of the vehicle, but he did not adopt effective methods to ensure the driving. To be safe, he spread his right hand on the steering wheel and hit Liu back, then used his right hand to block Liu's attack and grabbed Liu. His behavior severely violated the working rules of bus drivers. The assault between the passenger Liu and the driver Ran caused the vehicle to lose control, causing the vehicle to crash into the river after colliding with the opposing car, causing serious casualties. Therefore, the assault between the passenger Liu and the driver Ran has a causal relationship in the sense of criminal law. Their behavior severely harms public safety and has violated the top 115 rules of the Criminal Law and is suspected of committing a crime. .

Fifteen vivid lives disappeared instantly, and the experience was extremely painful. Liugong excavator parts wish the deceased to sleep peacefully and the living to be alert.