China News Service, Guiyang, December 16 (Yuan Chao) Affected by the strongest cold air since the beginning of winter in 2020, most areas of Guizhou have cooled rapidly over the past few days, ushering in the coldest weather since the beginning of winter.

The reporter learned from the Traffic Management Bureau of the Guizhou Provincial Public Security Bureau on the 16th that as of 6:30 on December 16th, 36 expressways in Guizhou Province are under traffic control.

  Affected by freezing weather, at 20:40 on December 15, a multi-vehicle rear-end collision occurred on the Huaxi Bridge of Guiyang Huancheng Expressway (Dangwu to Shiban direction), causing many people to be trapped, the South Ring Expressway was interrupted, and a large number of vehicles were stranded.

The Gui'an New Area Fire Rescue Detachment united with traffic police, road administration and other departments to set up an on-site headquarters, and at the same time launched a major traffic accident emergency response plan.

The picture shows the traffic police in Bijie checking the thermometer at the Yachi River Bridge to report.

Photo courtesy of Bijie traffic police

  During the rescue, the rescuers first steadily anti-skid the accident vehicle, cut off the power of the vehicle, and used hydraulic rescue tools to destroy the accident vehicle by means of support, expansion, shearing, etc., gradually expand the rescue space, and simultaneously check the trapped The personnel were injured and the trapped people were comforted. After 30 minutes of intense rescue, 4 trapped people were successfully rescued and transferred to medical staff to be sent to the hospital for treatment.

  With the "strike" of freezing weather, high-speed sections have become the main positions for traffic police to prevent coagulation.

Affected by the cold air, freezing of many expressways in Bijie, national and provincial highways and rural roads in high-altitude areas affects normal traffic.

On the Yachi River Bridge on the Gui-Qian Expressway, Guo Yunlong, leader of the Fourth Squadron of the High-speed Brigade of the Bijie City Public Security Transportation Administration, has been leading the team to step up patrols. Gui-Qian Expressway is the main road from Bijie to Guiyang, and the Yachi River Bridge It is a key road section that the traffic police mainly controls during the freezing period. In order to ensure safe passage, many road sections adopt half-width traffic.

  At night, the small light from the temporary prefabricated house near the Yachi River Bridge is particularly conspicuous.

In the room, mineral water, instant noodles, and a few bedding accompanied the guards on the bridge 24 hours a day.

Duty personnel need to check the road surface and guardrails on the bridge for freezing, temperature conditions, and report the temperature and bridge deck conditions to the command center every half an hour.

  As of press time, Guizhou Province still has 36 expressways under traffic control.

After Guiyang Longdongbao Airport prepares the runway for deicing operations, the aircraft can take off and land normally, and the aircraft needs to be deiced before the flight. At present, various tasks are being carried out in an orderly manner.

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