On the first day of the National Day holiday, an accident occurred on the subway in Dalian, Liaoning Province, causing the service to be suspended for an hour. According to passengers, someone was lying on the tracks and got run over. However, the authorities denied any incidents of hitting a person.
In the evening of October 1st, several netizens in Liaoning posted videos claiming that around 5:30 p.m., the Dalian Light Rail Line 3 encountered a road malfunction, causing it to stop for over an hour, and later reversed direction for all passengers.
The video showed subway staff inside the carriage urging passengers to disembark, “Quick, everyone get off and leave quickly!” The uploader of the video indicated that the incident happened between Dalian Station and Quanshui Station, “At that time, no one knew what was happening ahead, all trains stopped, and everyone had to get off.”
Comments on the video section included, “Someone was lying on the tracks yesterday and got run over.” Another netizen mentioned, “I thought it was just a rumor. Yesterday, someone in the train overheard that an accident had occurred, with someone lying on the tracks.”
There were also comments indicating that there was a collision with a person, “There are police cars and ambulances waiting at Quanshui Station.”
According to a report by Huashang Daily Feng News on October 2nd, Dalian subway staff responded, “Yesterday around 6 p.m., a train malfunction caused an hour-long suspension, but service has now returned to normal.”
Staff denied any collision between the train and a person, stating, “It was a train malfunction that caused the suspension for a period.” When asked about injuries or casualties, the staff said the department responsible for external communication would provide answers to the reporters.
Dalian Municipal Public Service Hotline, Dalian Metro Group Customer Service, and Dalian 120 Emergency Services all stated they had not received any relevant information.
On October 3rd, news of the unexpected malfunction on Dalian subway made hot searches on Weibo. This incident has sparked numerous doubts among netizens.
“One question, asked so many departments, and still no answer.” “They play dumb as if they don’t know anything. What kind of accident happened? Don’t know. What malfunction occurred on the subway? Don’t know. Any injuries or casualties? Don’t know. No one dares to speak, pointless to ask.” “Passing the buck, living up to the title of the soccer city.” “Someone was lying on the tracks, why couldn’t it be said?” “I’m from Dalian, the local news didn’t report it…”
Other netizens mentioned, “All passengers were asked to disembark, pulled back in the opposite direction, service suspended for over an hour, and with ambulances and stretchers, and this wasn’t a collision?” “When getting off, saw the staff and police running around frantically, don’t know what was going on.” “Only report good news, never the bad.” “They don’t want you to know about the bad things.” “Once it’s trending, many incidents that didn’t trend have no consequences.”