"Oh my god! I'm not ready to be a grandmother so soon, I feel like I've aged several years already!"
"Haha, isn't that normal? It's impossible for a daughter to be in her 20s when you're 35..."
"Of course, I'm actually only 36, hahaha, I accidentally revealed my age!"
"We're so close, we're practically family. We've been married for almost 2 years, time flies so fast!"
"People always feel like time flies when they look back on the past. That's because the brain does something like... ah, never mind, I don't have your forensic knowledge of biology."
I didn't answer, and drove towards the provincial department. Although Liu Yu'ning kicked my thigh several times with her high heels, I was very rational and definitely wouldn't do anything inappropriate in the car...
We were almost at the entrance of the criminal investigation team at the provincial department when, from a distance, I heard the broadcast from the 110 alarm center: "Punishment Squad and Criminal Investigation Team, please note that we just received a report of a major traffic accident on Qiaoh-dong Road in Guangming City. Please proceed to investigate immediately!"
Well, no need to go back then, straight to the scene!
However, we wouldn't normally be dispatched for a common traffic accident, so this must be quite serious. As I turned the car, I noticed that a veritable speed demon was already racing out of the provincial department.
We headed towards the accident scene together. About a kilometer away, I found that the traffic police had already sealed off the area. We quickly got out of the car to inquire about the situation. After showing our IDs, a traffic officer told me, "You've come at the right time. The scene is a bit chaotic. Over ten private cars, for reasons unknown, crashed into a large truck. Because the truck was carrying a lot of cement and steel bars, many drivers nearby were killed. For the specific details, you'll have to see for yourselves."
"Over ten cars colliding? My God, how exaggerated is this? As the director, I..."
At that moment, I was already a bit flustered by the situation. In my tenure, I had never encountered such a tragic case. We first crossed the cordon and approached the large truck. Many local detectives and police officers were already evacuating the crowd nearby. Forensic technicians and medical examiners were busy, and our Punishment Squad had surrounded the scene.
It's estimated that six drivers died under the steel bars and cement. The cars behind were spared due to the obstruction of the cars in front. The bodies were being extracted by the medical examiners. I say "extracted" because at this moment, any movement of the bodies could cause the cargo on the truck to fall. Seeing the precarious situation, I said to Xie Chuchu and the others, "Don't rush. Let's get a crane. Otherwise..."
"Okay!" As soon as the construction team arrived, the crane immediately lifted some of the steel bars. The cement had to be removed with shovels. Once everything was mostly cleared, the bodies could be moved. However, three of the male bodies were pierced by countless steel bars, and one was even impaled through the head. The steel bar had pierced his eye sockets and went straight into the back of the headrest, a gruesome sight.
To get the bodies down, we had to carefully pull them out from the steel bars. Working together, we gently held the limbs of the deceased and pulled. With a strange sound, the body finally separated from the steel bars.
After that, the same procedure was repeated for the other bodies. To our surprise, most of the deceased were male, with only one female.
However, generally speaking, the majority of drivers are male. Although there are quite a few women driving now, it's still more common for men to be behind the wheel compared to before.
This is a summary of likely events, considering male characteristics.
I didn't think much of it and observed the general condition of these bodies. The time of death was undoubtedly within the last 30 minutes. The cause of death was being pierced by steel bars, leading to severe arterial rupture. At this point, it was difficult to conduct autopsies, and I didn't want to use my forensic skills either. There were too many people around. Even though the police were maintaining order, many people seemed unwilling to leave. At a time like this, can't they control their curiosity?
The bodies were temporarily moved. On the scene, I took out a steel ruler and a footprint light and began examining the tire marks on the ground with everyone. First, I discovered four deep tire tracks, left by the large truck. Based on the distribution of blood splatters around the scene, I realized that the large truck had no intention of crashing into other vehicles; rather, it was being attacked by several private cars!
This was quite puzzling. If it was an accident, how could this happen?
No one spoke at the time, but analyzing the ground marks, they all reached the same conclusion as me. I squatted on the ground, meticulously searching like a dog. Near a large pool of blood, Xia Hou said, "Why is the blood pooled in this location? There were no cars in this area at the time!"
"The truck driver was thrown out and hit his head on the ground!" a traffic officer explained.
"Where is the driver? Is he dead?" I asked because I hadn't seen the truck driver's body earlier.
"He was taken to the hospital. He's not dead, but based on the situation, it's likely severe injuries due to extensive intracranial bleeding."
Given the height of the impact, even if the truck driver survived, he would probably be a vegetative state. Of course, I would have to go to the hospital to find out. So, I didn't continue investigating at the scene. Instead, I asked others to handle the follow-up work and instructed Zhang Keying and the others to conduct proper autopsies. I decided to drive to the hospital myself.
Liu Yu'ning was with me. When we found the driver, several doctors told us that the patient's condition was not optimistic. Due to severe skull fragmentation and a large area of skull fracture, the brain tissue had sustained considerable damage, leading to intracranial hemorrhage and coma. Coupled with brain hypoxia due to excessive blood loss, the chances of survival were slim.
There was nothing we could do but pray. If the truck driver could survive and speak to us, he might be able to reveal some details related to the case, especially since he was impacted by numerous vehicles.
Before the accident, he must have seen something.
This was the only channel, besides road surveillance, through which we could obtain more information.
However, as fate would have it, less than 30 minutes after we waited in the emergency room, the door opened. A doctor came out, shook his head helplessly, and told us, "We've done all we could. The patient could not be saved in the end!"