After the earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan: Some trapped people were rescued and witnesses recounted the thrilling moments - China News Service Video

　　At about 4 p.m. on April 4, more than 30 Jingying Hotel employees who were trapped in the Zhongheng Highway Tunnel on Line 8 in Taroko Station due to the strong earthquake in Hualien were rescued one after another.

　　A reporter from China News Service rushed to the entrance of Zhongheng Highway in Taroko Park that day. There were obvious signs of landslides on the mountains on both sides of Liwu River. Walking from the parking area to the "East-West Crossing Highway" archway, the road on the side of the mountain is covered with large rocks.

　　Xiulin Township, Hualien County, where Taroko Jingying Hotel is located, was one of the mountainous areas hardest hit by the earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale. Provincial Highway 8 Zhongheng Highway is the only way to the hotel. The strong earthquake caused traffic interruption on Zhongheng Highway. Chen Weihua, manager of the hotel safety department, told reporters the thrilling moment when the vehicle he was riding in was hit by a falling rock on the morning of the 3rd.

　　As the search and rescue work at the Uranus Building ended on the evening of the 3rd, almost all the search and rescue forces in Hualien after the earthquake were devoted to the mountainous area. The Disaster Response Center of the Taiwan authorities stated at noon on the 4th that the number of people trapped in the mountainous area had increased to more than 670. Chen Weihua and his party were trapped in the Jiuqu Cave of Zhongheng Highway.

　　"The earthquake alarm suddenly sounded on my mobile phone, and then (I saw) rocks began to fall in the tunnel on the opposite side. When the car was rushing forward, it was suddenly hit by a big stone and tilted, but it was okay (it could still be driven), so I continued to rush forward. , until the safe zone.”

　　Chen Weihua described his current mood as "resurrected from the dead". He said that the special search team entered the trapped area at around 11:30 on the 4th, and all 30 people who had spent more than 24 hours there were rescued safely. Except for one person who suffered a leg injury, there were no other casualties.

　　According to statistics from the Taiwan Disaster Response Center, the Hualien earthquake killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000 people.

　　(Reporter Yang Chengchen produced by Zhou Jing)

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