【新唐人2013年07月11日讯】四川省江油市青莲镇的“盘江大桥”，7月9号上午11点半垮塌，多辆汽车及路人跌入江中。官方强调这次事故是自然灾害，但当地民众发帖反驳说，在调查事故报告还没有出来之前，就有官员出来强调大桥是被暴雨冲垮的！请看我们的报导。
江油市政府星期二在新闻发布会上说，近期盘江上游连降暴雨，“盘江河流量突然增大，形成50年一遇的特大洪峰，最高流量达每秒6600立方米”。当局表示，“此次洪水泥沙含量高、冲刷力量大、破坏性特别强，致使青莲镇盘江大桥发生垮塌”。但有民众表示，在调查事故报告还没有出来的时候，就有官员出来强调、断定桥是因为暴雨被冲跨的，说明有人心里是虚的。
“盘江大桥”坍塌事故，截至7月10号上午11点，已知落水车辆有6辆，失踪者12人。
“盘江大桥”建成于1969年，全长160米，宽8米，为空腹式混凝土双曲拱桥。汶川5•12地震后，“盘江大桥”进行了维护加固，但重启运行并进行管制通行的5天后，就发生了垮塌。
江油市官方强调，这次垮桥事故为自然灾害，但对大桥是否存在质量问题，以及事发前对大桥的安全监控是否到位等问题，并没有提供任何解释。
当地一名网友反驳官方，并且质问官员，他说：“第一次新闻发布会说的是：每秒7000立方米的水流量，导致桥梁坍塌。那请问你，这个桥梁的设计是按照抗多少冲击力来设计的？而且从本质上来说，相关部门对这座桥也不是放心的，因为事先已经对它限高、限重。但是又是谁决策？让它承受着绵江路车辆的双向通行流量的！”
这名网友说，这是天灾！也是人祸！而人祸更是人祸。
也有网友反映，“修建这座桥时车流量很小，现在车流量多大啊？在启用这座桥时，领导们考虑这个因素没有?”
第三名网友说，“什么时候看到类似的事情——第一时间官员出来表态道歉，然后辞职接受调查，这个国家就有救了。”
也有网友要求：“还事实真相。”
香港《苹果日报》副刊论坛作者李碧华也表示，在中国，每是人祸推展了天灾，而且地方政府几乎不着力灾后重建，总是以为隔不久又来了，重建何用？不如把捐款中饱私囊还实际。
四川省近期还有两座大桥垮塌。据官方媒体报导，绵竹市绵远河牛鼻子大桥垮塌，以及兴隆拱星大桥垮塌，堤防损毁10公里。
编辑/秦雪 后制/李勇
Who is to Blame for the Jiangyou Bridge Collapse?
The Pan River Bridge in Jiangyou, Sichuan province,
collapsed at 11:30am July 9th, 2013, throwing many cars and pedestrians into the river.
Chinese authorities claimed this incident to be a natural
disaster, saying the bridge washed away in heavy rains.
Locals denounced this report, saying such a report before
any investigating indicates that some people are worried.
Why they worried?
Below is our report.
Jiangyou municipal government said at a news conference
on Tuesday that the recent heavy rains upstream of Pan River
caused “Pan River’s flow to increase suddenly, reaching a 50-
year record at a maximum of 6,600 cubic meters per second."
Authorities said, “The high flood levels contained
a large amount of sediment, which had a strong erosive power,
resulting in the collapse of the Pan River Bridge."
But the public says that this conclusion was released before
the investigation report, showing that someone is afraid of the truth.
By 11am on July 10, six vehicles are known to have fallen
into the river, and 12 people went missing.
The Pan River Bridge was built in 1969.
Its total length is 160 meters, and it is 8 meters wide.
It is a concrete hyperbolic arch bridge.
After the May 12th Wenchuan earthquake, the Pan River
Bridge was reinforced, but five days after its reopening, the collapse took place.
Jiangyou authorities stressed that the bridge collapse
is a natural disaster, but they provided no explanation
of whether there were quality control problems or whether
there were issues with the security check.
A local netizen denounced the official explanation.
He said, “The first press conference reported that water flow
at 7000 cubic meters per second caused the bridge to collapse.
Then I will ask you, what was this bridge designed for?
The authorities were worried about this bridge in the first place
since they limited the weight and height of vehicles crossing it.
Then who decided that the bridge will serve the two-way traffic
flow as it does now?”"
This netizen said,"this is a natural disaster, but more
of a man-made disaster."
Netizens also said, “At the time of construction, the traffic
on this bridge was very light.
Now it is totally different.
Did the authorities consider this issue or not?"
A third netizen said, “When officials stand up, apologize,
and then resign for their fault after such accidents, then the country will have a future."
Other netizens also requested, “We need the truth!"
Li Bihua, editor of a supplementary forum of Hong Kong
newspaper Apple Daily, said that in China, man-made disasters are always reported as natural disasters.
What’s more, after the disaster, local governments do not
learn a lesson, and only repeat the same mistake soon after.
It is simply useless for them to reconstruct the bridge to have
it collapse again.
They could simply take the money for themselves.
Recently two bridges fell in Sichuan province.
According to official media reports, one was in Mianzhu City
and the other in Xinglong.
10 km of embankment was damaged.
