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At 14:00 on January 12, 2015, a mountain collapsed near a road under construction at Dabaoliang Wind Farm in Liutang Township, Shizhu County, Chongqing, causing an excavator to fall into a 100-meter cliff. The driver inside the car was seriously injured and in critical condition .

1.12 Excavator cliff accident in Shizhu County, Chongqing

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At 14:00 on January 12, 2015, a mountain collapsed near a road under construction at Dabaoliang Wind Farm in Liutang Township, Shizhu County, Chongqing, causing an excavator to fall into a 100-meter cliff. The driver inside the car was seriously injured and in critical condition. .

14:00 on January 12, 2015, Chongqing

At 15:33, the officers and men of the brigade arrived at the rescue site and found that on the left side of the road under construction, there were traces of collapsed rocks. Two megaliths lay across the center of the highway and there were cliffs of 100 meters below the road. It was learned from the alarm population that the entire excavator crashed into the cliff below the road after this accident. After searching by the workers at the scene, the injured driver was found under the cliff about 50 meters below the road because the slope of the site was steep. Cannot be rescued. After being informed, officers and men quickly carried rescue equipment such as safety ropes, rescue backpacks, and boat stretchers, and went deep under the cliff to rescue trapped personnel. "Report to the command, we have found the injured driver." Ten minutes later, rescuers reported the rescue situation to the full-time command. Rescuers then secured the injured driver in a boat stretcher and slowly lifted it up the cliff. After two hours of rescue, the injured driver was successfully rescued and sent to the "120" emergency vehicle for treatment.

It is reported that the driver of the excavator carried out construction work here before the incident. Unexpectedly, the road was crashed out of the highway and crashed into the cliff. At the same time, the driver jumped out of the excavator and fell into the cliff. Under a big tree. Because there was no rescue equipment, the workers at the scene called "119" to call the fire department for help.