"Someone planted a car in the river, come and save people......At about 12 noon on December 10, on the north side of the Hongwei Bridge in Group 17, Lianyi Village, Sijia Town, Haimen District, Nantong City, an elderly lady was shouting hoarsely on the road.
The shouts over and over again alarmed the villagers in the vicinity. Everyone ran out of their homes and came to the road, following the sound. I saw that on the magnificent river, which is more than 10 meters wide in the north-south direction, an electric tricycle overturned on its side in the river, and the situation is very critical. Li Weiguo, a villager in his early 60s who rushed to the front, braved the dense winter rain and went down to the bottom of the ditch in two of three times, despite the steep mud slippery side of the ditch. He stepped into the river and pulled open the door of the electric tricycle. When he saw an elderly man struggling on the seat of the electric tricycle, he shouted, "The water in the river is not deep, can you climb out?"While getting an answer, Li Weiguo comforted the man, you take your time, don't rush. After a while, the man leaned out of the electric three-wheeled cab. Seeing this, Li Weiguo stretched out his two hands, hugged the man, and together with a passing villager who also went down to the river, he carried the man to the shore. Immediately afterwards, the villagers helped the man to the road. Fortunately, the man was not physically injured except for the lower half of his body, which was soaked by the river.
While settling the rescued people, Li Weiguo, Sun Buqiang and several other enthusiastic villagers found strong ropes and tied them to the two ends of the tricycle, and with the shout of "one, two, three", the electric tricycle was slowly dragged to the shore.
According to the rescued person, his name is Cao Ruping, 72 years old this year, and his family lives in Dongshe Town, Tongzhou District. Before the incident, he drove an electric tricycle to a farmhouse to deliver drinks. Due to unfamiliar road conditions, when he reached the section of the road where the incident occurred, he turned around on the road. Due to the rain and the slippery road, the electric tricycle lost control, and as a result, the man and the car were planted in the river to the east. Fortunately, this scene happened to be seen by an old lady and called for help.
Correspondent: Lu Yao.
Proofread by Li Haihui.