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Chapter 441 Stampede Accident
Panjiang City, Bac Giang Province is a city located at the junction of Song An Province and Bac Giang Province.It governs two districts and six counties, with a total population of about 420 million.Because it is a city developed along with the economic development of Song An Province and the population transfer of Bac Giang Province, the urban construction is relatively advanced.It is 420 kilometers away from Jiangbei City, the capital of Bac Giang Province, but only 83 kilometers away from Ningyuan.The two cities are adjacent, and the economic and trade interaction between them is even closer than that of Ningyuan City and Changning City.Because the two places are too close, many Ningyuan people even choose to buy a house in Panjiang City to settle down, and then drive to Ningyuan to work.

Because of this, Panjiang City has attracted a large number of young people who have just come to Ningyuan to live.And these young people account for nearly one-third of the population of Beijiang Province.The consumption power brought by them has greatly promoted the local economic development.The young group with spending power also in turn stimulated consumption upgrades such as the night market in Panjiang City.In order to further expand the advantages gained with great difficulty, the local government deliberately expanded the Yanjiang Road on the edge of the Beijiang River.A new 30-meter-wide and three-kilometer-long riverside trail has been built on the highway and the river.On Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, there will be light fountain shows along the riverside trails and fireworks for about 15 minutes.

Young people love to be lively, and light fountain shows and fireworks have become the main weapons to attract young couples and newly married couples.Anyway, it doesn't cost much to watch the show, and it's very romantic.Over the past few years, Beijiang trails and night performances have become the main weapon for Panjiang City to attract sightseeing and tourism.More and more people come to the trail to play.

Bac Giang Trail can not only attract young people, but also attract businessmen from Pan Giang City, Bac Giang Province and Song An Province to compete.Roughly calculated, on an ordinary weekend, the Beijiang trail can have close to 10 people every night.And when it comes to public holidays or small holidays, this number can be doubled at least.Such a strong flow of people will inevitably give birth to a large number of consumption opportunities.The blocks next to the Beijiang Trail also form a huge and narrow business district.A large number of commercial centers and shops gather here.If you only look at the Beijiang trail business district, no one would believe that Panjiang City is just a prefecture-level city.

However, the huge crowds, dense shops, and narrow environment along the river have become a recipe for disaster today.

From five o'clock in the afternoon, the crowds on the Beijiang Trail began to surge.In addition to some ordinary citizens who planned to go home after seeing the river view, there were also a large number of young people who participated in the Beijiang New Year's Eve activities gathered.It is not just the pure New Year's Eve activities that attract them to participate.This year, the management department of Beijiang Trail and businesses in the nearby business district held a huge lucky draw.The management department will use the newly installed face recognition system to record and draw prizes for the tourists who come to participate in the New Year's Eve activities.The first prize is a 120-gram gold bar provided by Classic Jewelry and Huineng Group, as well as the privilege of free orders at all stores of Huineng Trading Group within one year.

Prizes with a total value of more than 8 yuan, as well as the lottery mechanism of "as long as you show up, you will have a chance to win prizes", greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of citizens and tourists to participate.Just at 15 o'clock in the evening, the number of people on the Beijiang Trail had reached 50.If it weren't for the fact that all the nearby parking lots were full, the main road along the river was completely congested, and the public transportation was paralyzed and unable to carry more people to the scene, I am afraid that this number will increase by at least [-]%.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the fireworks show failed to start.No matter how hard the police officers at the scene tried to guide the crowd, the black crowd refused to disperse.The Panjiang Municipal Government, which discovered that something was wrong, had already started traffic control, and mobilized police forces from other districts and counties to the Beijiang Trail to evacuate the crowd.At the same time, methods including group text messages sent by mobile phones, drones and tweeters were used to try to disperse the crowd.But the effect is still very poor.In order to ensure the evacuation of the crowd and avoid further gatherings, the fireworks show and musical fountain show were urgently called off.The Beijiang trail business district is only allowed to go out, not to enter.

At 07:30 in the evening, there was a commotion in the crowd.The performance that I had been waiting for for a long time did not start, but instead I heard a request to leave the scene.Many young people began to be dissatisfied and even booed.Some people even began to shout rhythmically under the influence of alcohol, "Show, show, show!"

The crowd flow on the Beijiang trail began to decline gradually, but the tourists who had already left the Beijiang trail through the steps heard the booing and thought it was the official start of the performance, and many people standing on the steps stopped immediately, wanting to Look back at the long-awaited performance.And behind these people, there are thousands of people, walking firmly towards the outside.

The people standing on the steps stopped, but the people behind couldn't stop in time - they couldn't stop at all when they were surrounded by the crowd.Then, a stampede happened.

Row after row of people tried to squeeze their way up the steps, only to be tripped over by those who had fallen to the ground.The people behind couldn't see the injured person who fell to the ground, and they were still walking towards the steps.The people who fell began to quickly spread towards the Beijiang Trail.Some people tried to hold on to something to stabilize their bodies when they fell, only to pull down more tourists who were unsteady on their feet.However, the crowd eager to leave continued to surge forward firmly. They were forced to step on the injured who could not move on the ground, then tripped over, and were trampled by the people behind...or even trampled to death.

Sharp cries, cries for help, curses and screams of terror quickly rang out.

The police and armed police who were clearing the crowd shouted with loudspeakers, hoping to prevent the crowd from moving forward.But their voices seemed too weak in the crowd.Looking at the crowds that looked like wheat lying down after being swept by a sickle, they were all anxious as if their eyebrows were on fire.Several young team members even tried to stop the crowd by firing guns into the sky, but their actions were quickly stopped by more experienced commanders.At this time, shooting would be equivalent to aggravating the chaos of the crowd, and they must not be chaotic.

"Back, back!" The policemen and armed police who came back to their senses began to shout in unison, and while shouting, they waved their hands back and forth thinking about the crowd.More and more people saw their actions and shouted.Slowly, rhythmic shouts resounded throughout the Beijiang trail.The crowd finally stopped and began to retreat a little bit.The police and armed police soldiers who were in charge of clearing the crowd were finally able to enter the scene and start emergency rescue.

(End of this chapter)