Victory Square (Ryazan): how the asphalt has failed and a pit has been formed

The modern city of Ryazan is the center of a large region - the Ryazan region. Today in this city there are many remarkable monuments. One of them is the Victory Square (Ryazan). However, not only parades and rallies happen on this square, but also very dangerous incidents. Let's talk about one of these incidents with this article.

What happened on May 13, 2015

Day May 13, 2015 was sunny and warm. Victory Square (Ryazan) was full of people: passers-by walked, ordinary people went to work, students and schoolchildren hurried home from school.

Naturally, the roadway was occupied by road transport. Today, roads in the city are struggling to cope with the traffic of cars. However, this is a problem not only for Ryazan, but for all the big cities of our country.

However, after 2 pm it became noticeable that a crack was formed on the asphalt towards the city center on the roadway. The cars that passed through this crack broke under the asphalt. When the trolleybus with people passed by this place, the crack began to sink.

This place was dangerous because there was also a pedestrian crossing, through which a very large number of people always pass in both directions.

Fortunately, immediately there were called the employees of the guard service, who cordoned off the area of failure.

What caused the accident

The approaching employees of the "Heating Network" found out that the cause of the failure of the asphalt was the malfunction of the networks, which caused the washing of the ground under the asphalt. The width of the formed pit was about 5 meters, its depth was about 4 meters. Later, with the help of special equipment, the pit was enlarged, as repair work required it.

In this case, it's just a miracle that the asphalt did not fail during the movement of traffic or movement of people across the square. Indeed, on the eve of May 9, the city celebrated the 70th anniversary of Victory, and Victory Square (Ryazan) was the central place for festive celebrations. It is for this and for this ill-fated asphalt May 9 were thousands of citizens, including elderly veterans, and children of preschool age.

In addition, it was on this square that a festive salute took place on the evening of May 9, which was attended by a large number of citizens. And most of them brought their children with them.

If the failure occurred on the eve of May 13, then it was unlikely that the victims could be avoided.

What happened after the accident

Immediately the news that a pit was formed on Victory Square (Ryazan), the whole city flew around. However, not all motorists were able to plan their route in advance and go along the bypass roads. In fact, traffic in the city center was paralyzed. Many kilometers of traffic jams were created on the roads from cars.

In addition, it was Wednesday, a working day, and by 5 o'clock people gathered who are accustomed to get on public transport at the "Victory Square" stop (Ryazan). A large number of townspeople had to go home on foot, because the transportation was due to a large congestion of cars.

Talk about the accident quickly bypassed the whole of Ryazan, "Victory Square ... failed asphalt," - was heard from all sides. People shared this news with their loved ones. However, the rumors were fearless, as people knew that there had been no human casualties in the accident.

Ryazan. Victory Square. Failed asphalt. How to prevent an accident

The city authorities undertook to control the elimination of the consequences of the accident, since the news that a major accident had occurred and the asphalt had failed, which caused the traffic to be violated, even went through the central television channels.

However, to the promised time (6 am the next day) the consequences of the accident were not eliminated. The city lived for several days in anticipation of the completion of the repair. All this time, city transport went erratic, and drivers of cars chose to bypass roads. On both sides of the pedestrian part of the street people were walking in the square, as it was impossible to pass along it.

And social networks of the city began to bypass the photos taken at the site of the accident. The photos did not only have the usual signature "Victory Square (Ryazan), asphalt collapsed and a large pit was formed", but also a lot of humorous signatures, and also used collages made with the help of a photoshop about a special "Ryazan sauna", depicting in the pit both people and Animals. Since none of the townspeople suffered in this accident, the news about her did not cause despondency and sadness.

So we can assume that the city of Ryazan easily survived this accident. Although without it it would be better.