18 At 6 o'clock in the morning on July 6, 2008, the scaffolding of a viaduct under construction in Luyuan Road, Wuhan Optics Valley University collapsed. At this time, a passing van was crushed and five injured people were taken to hospital for treatment. Among them, 1 died after being rescued, and the other four people were in stable condition.
After the incident, the Maodian police station of Donghu High-tech Branch of Wuhan Public Security Bureau has been on alert near the accident. Affected by the accident, this morning, traffic jams occurred in the optical valley section, Guanshan Avenue, Optical Valley Avenue and University Park Road of the Third Ring Road. As of noon, road traffic near the incident site has resumed. Donghu High-tech Zone set up a special working class, docked hospitals to rescue the wounded, investigated the cause of the accident, and carried out construction safety inspections throughout the region. Donghu High-tech Zone requires the construction unit, the Municipal Urban Construction Company, to stop work completely and investigate all kinds of hidden dangers in construction as soon as possible.