Afternoon.
Fenzhou City.
News of the massive traffic accident on the highway quickly spread. The moment they heard it, the Municipal Party Secretary and the mayor were both shocked. Although Mayor Xie had already made arrangements, they each hurriedly called their subordinates, then got into their cars and rushed to the scene. This was no ordinary traffic accident, nor merely a major one—it was a catastrophic accident. Every relevant department was on edge, and many of those responsible felt their hearts sink, knowing they might have to bear responsibility.
Why? The reason was simple!
People would die!
In an accident involving ten vehicles, it was practically impossible for there to be no fatalities. A collision like this would inevitably cause a traffic jam—there was no question about it. Once the road was blocked here, even if highway personnel reacted quickly, they could not seal off the road immediately. More and more vehicles would pile up at the scene, and Rescue Vehicles would have no way to get in to save people. They could only get out and run over on foot, wasting precious time. Ambulances might not even be able to stop nearby, and they would have to carry the injured to the vehicles or clear the traffic, wasting even more time. Crash injuries came with heavy bleeding and required urgent surgery and professional treatment. Time was life. It was not impossible to dispatch helicopters and rush the injured to the hospital, but mobilizing helicopters was a huge problem. The military district capable of dispatching them was far away. By the time the helicopters arrived, it would already be too late.
If people died?
Then someone would have to take responsibility!
This was a ten-car pileup, and one of the vehicles was a Tour Bus carrying dozens of children. Even