Beijing News (Reporter Zhang Xiting) At 21:00 on the 18th, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred in Qiaojia County, Yunnan. The Beijing News reporter learned from the local police station today (May 19) that yesterday night, a man in Xiaohe Township of the county was hit by falling stones and died after being rescued. He was returning home by motorcycle when the incident occurred.
The Yunnan Earthquake Administration reported this morning that as of 6:00 on the 19th, the earthquake caused 4 deaths (3 in Qiaojia County and 1 in Ludian County) and 23 people were injured.
On the morning of the 19th, a reporter from the Beijing News learned from the police station in Xindian Town, Qiaojia County that yesterday night, two men on motorcycles passed through the village of Gugu and a rock fell. , Another person was slightly injured, and the relationship between the two was related.
A village cadre in Gu Village told the Beijing News reporter that last night he rushed to the scene of the falling stone after receiving a notice and saw a middle-aged man fell to the side of the road with a wound on his head. He learned that at the time of the incident, a young man was driving a motorcycle. The middle-aged man was sitting in the back row and was hit by a falling stone.
According to the village cadres mentioned above, about 100 meters of roads were blocked by falling rocks. Several village cadres, including him, went to the incident area to coordinate after receiving the notice. He said that there were cracks in the Gu village due to the earthquake, but no house collapses or casualties were found.