Who showed up when the couple was trapped in the snowy mountains of Sichuan and thought they were going to freeze to death?

Couple traveling by car was trapped in the Snowy Mountains of Ganzi, Sichuan: When they thought they were going to freeze to death, the police knocked on the car window.

On January 4, Liu Ying and her girlfriend, who came out of the vast snow-capped mountains, returned to Xiangcheng County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan, and felt unprecedented warmth. The night before, he and his girlfriend were trapped in the snowy mountains of Daxiang City. As the night grew darker, they were worried that they would freeze to death, but the search and rescue police officers knocked on their car window. At present, they have decided to terminate their self-driving trip to Yunnan in advance and will return to their hometown in Yibin after the heavy snowfall is over.

At about 9 pm on January 2, Liu Ying and her girlfriend lost contact with her family while driving an off-road vehicle through the Snowy Mountains. At 4:30 pm on January 3, the Public Security Bureau of Xiangcheng County, Garze Prefecture received a call from Liu Ying’s family. Subsequently, the Xiangcheng County Public Security Bureau immediately organized police from the three police stations of Ranwu, Dongsong, and Qingmai as well as the Criminal Police Brigade to go to the mountain for search and rescue.

Twenty-four hours after the loss of contact, at 9:14 pm on January 3, the search and rescue police found the missing person and vehicle at the Daxue Mountain Pass (the junction of Xiangcheng County and Shangri-La City, Yunnan). They also found There are another 5 trapped vehicles and 4 trapped people. After nearly six hours of efforts by the rescue police, the six trapped people, including Liu Ying and her girlfriend, returned safely to the county town.

Trapped

The car got stuck in the snowy mountains and failed to escape many times

Liu Ying is from Gao County, Yibin. During New Year's Day, he and his girlfriend Liang Lijie from Fujian drove a four-wheel drive Travel by off-road vehicle to Ganzi Prefecture. At 2 pm on January 2, the two people who had lunch in Xiangcheng set out to enter the Snowy Mountains.

“I’m going to visit Daocheng first.” On the morning of January 4, Liu Ying told the cover news reporter that he and his girlfriend planned a travel route and traveled by car from Ganzi, Sichuan to Yunnan, Xiangcheng County Daxue Mountain It is the only way to go.

At 6:30 pm on the 2nd, the car driven by Liu Ying entered the Snowy Mountains. As the sky had darkened, Liu Ying and her girlfriend rested in the car.

“When I woke up on the morning of the 3rd, it was already a vast expanse of white.” Liu Ying said that the snow was getting thicker and thicker, and the road was already covered with snow. There were cliffs on one side and mountains on the other. There were 70 people beside the mountain. cm wide gutters.

Seeing this scene, Liu Ying could only drive slowly against the mountain, at a speed of between 15 and 20 kilometers per hour. After traveling less than 800 meters, Liu Ying's wheel fell into a drainage ditch and she was trapped.

"I took the snow shovel in my bag to clean up the snow, and used dead branches from the nearby bushes to put them under the tires, and got back on the road." Liu Ying said that on the road, he met two groups of The big truck was stuck in the heavy snow. With the advantage of the off-road vehicle, he arrived at the Daxue Mountain Bridge at 1 p.m.

Passing the bridge at low speed, Liu Ying’s wheels were once again trapped in the drainage ditch. In front of him, two large trucks were also trapped. Liu Ying said that it was already 3 p.m. when the driver of the large truck helped push the truck out.

He carried the two trapped large truck drivers and continued to move forward, but after driving about 700 meters, the vehicle got stuck in the snow again. The vehicle could not move, so the two large truck drivers left the vehicle and returned to the truck.

At this time, it was already 4 pm on the 3rd, and a pickup truck in front of him was also trapped. "There were four people in the pickup truck, and they came to help me shovel the snow and push the truck." Liu Ying said that after many efforts, his truck still couldn't move.

Despair

Lose contact with his family for 20 hours and worried about freezing to death in the wilderness

Seeing that there was no progress in rescue, everyone chose a nearby abandoned wooden house to warm up by the fire. Liu Ying and her girlfriend stayed in the car.

Liu Ying said that at about 9 pm on the 2nd, they lost contact with their family members when they arrived in the Snowy Mountains. “There was no signal along the way.”

“We took whatever we could wear. I put on all my clothes and covered myself with two quilts in the car, but I could still feel the cold wind.” Liu Ying said that she still hadn’t contacted her family at 4 pm on the 3rd, and she was very scared at that time, fearing that she would freeze to death. In the mountains.

"After 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I finally found that there was some signal. I sent a text message asking for help to my mother in Gaoxian County." Liu Ying said that after the text message was sent, the mobile phone no longer had a signal.

Time passed by, and at 7 pm on the 3rd, the night in the Snowy Mountains became darker and darker, and strong winds mixed with heavy snow fell on Liu Ying's car.

“After waiting for another two hours, no one came to help us, and it was getting colder and colder inside the car.” Liu Ying told reporters that the thought of being frozen to death became more and more intense in her heart. All fell into despair.

At 9:14 pm, suddenly, a beam of car lights hit their car window. "The police came over and knocked on the car window. I was so excited that I burst into tears." Liu Ying said, the police After learning about their situation, immediately clear the snow from the road.

Search

6 hours of intense rescue to find the trapped couple

“After receiving the rescue order, we set off immediately.” On the morning of January 4, Dongsong Police Station Director Aung Weng Sherao said that at that time, the six of them immediately drove an off-road vehicle and headed towards the Snowy Mountains in the wind and snow.

At 6 pm on the 3rd, the off-road vehicle braved the wind and snow and drove into the Snowy Mountains 80 kilometers away from the county seat.

“Because it started to snow in Xiangcheng County in the early morning of the 3rd, the roads were very difficult to walk.” Aung Weng Sherao said that when entering the snowy mountainous area, the snow became heavier and heavier, and vehicles began to drive in fog. The visibility on the road was less than 10 meters, and the police car almost fell off the cliff twice.

At 9:00 pm on the 3rd, six police officers entered the No. 17 pass in the Daxue Mountain area. Wind and rain had blocked the way forward, making it impossible for vehicles to move forward.

“There are two commonly used roads from rural towns to the Snowy Mountains and then to Shangri-La.” Aung Weng Sherao told reporters that the command center immediately dispatched another team of 6 people to drive a pickup truck to search. Unwilling to wait for support on the spot, he abandoned the vehicle and searched on foot.

The police walked through the snow for nearly an hour, searching a 1-kilometer area nearby, but still found no trapped persons. We can only work together to push the police car out and continue searching in the direction of Shangri-La.

At 9:14 pm, the police found a trapped off-road vehicle at the Daxue Mountain Pass (the junction of Xiangcheng County and Shangri-La City, Yunnan Province). Most of the off-road vehicle had been covered by violent wind and snow.

The police confirmed that those trapped in the car were Liu Ying and his girlfriend Liang Lijie from Yibin. "When we went to knock on the window to call them, the two of them were sitting in the back seat of the car, covered with quilts and shivering." Aung Weng Sherao said.

Rescue

The police tried to pull out the trapped vehicle after failing to dig out the snow three times with bare hands

After understanding the situation of the trapped people, the police began to try to pull out the trapped vehicle. .

Seeing the arrival of the police, the four people trapped in the pickup truck also came to Liu Ying's car and worked together to help the vehicle get out of trouble. At this time, another team of rescuers also rushed to the scene.

There were only two snow shovels, which were used by the trapped people. Upon seeing this, six police officers began to scoop up the snow with their hands. "It's very cold, and the gloves don't work at all." Aung Weng Sherao said that another team of their personnel arrived in a pickup truck with tools and jointly carried out rescue operations.

The police first shoveled the snow around the vehicle. Then a police car was attached to a towing rope, and the six people tried hard to push the car, but failed.

“The vehicle skidded so badly in the snow that it couldn’t be pushed even if it moved a little bit.” Liu Ying said that after observing the snow accumulation near the vehicle, the police started shoveling the snow again and prepared to move it. The snow on the front of the car is shoveled away from a slope.

At around 10 o'clock in the evening, everyone who failed the second time started to try again for the third time. "The snow in front of the car was basically shoveled out so that the car's tires could run." Liu Ying said that this time, with the combined force, his car was pushed out. And with the help of the wheel marks of the large truck, he successfully turned around.

At around 11 p.m., the trapped SUV was pulled out of the snowdrift. Liu Ying's vehicle carried four people in a pickup truck, and they were led out of the predicament by the police car. At 2 a.m. on the 4th, Liu Ying and others returned to Xiangcheng County.

Ang Weng Sherao told reporters that the drivers of the four trapped large trucks were unwilling to get out of the car and return to the city because they were worried about losing their goods, so they gave the driver a reminder.

“We are all from the south and don’t know much about heavy snow. This situation is really scary.” Liu Ying said that she was very grateful to the Xiangcheng County Public Security Bureau for their prompt dispatch and saved their lives.

The police reminded that snowfall is common on the plateau in winter. When preparing to enter the mountainous area, you can call the police station in each jurisdiction to inquire about road conditions, weather and other information, and follow the advice of the police. If you encounter heavy snow when entering a snowy mountain, you should wear tire chains, drive slowly close to the mountain, and use your headlights rationally. At the same time, cold-proof supplies, food, and oxygen bottles should be prepared in the car. If you encounter a dangerous situation, call the police for help immediately.