On September 22, a number of netizens posted a video saying that a well-known Internet celebrity in Hechuan District, Chongqing, had an accident while driving a motorboat surfing in the waters near Dongjin Tuo Riverside Park and disappeared. On the 23rd, in response to this incident, the relevant local departments responded that the missing person had died, and the body was recovered and brought ashore in the early morning.
The motorboat rolls over (screenshot of the video taken by netizens)
A well-known Internet celebrity drove a motorboat into the water and disappeared
"Chongqing Internet celebrity fitness blogger Lieyang drove a motorboat into the water and disappeared." On September 22, a message circulated online with multiple videos.
In the video, a man wearing short-sleeved shorts overturned and fell into the water while driving a motorboat and disappeared, and then someone on the shore went into the water to drive a motorboat to search and rescue at the scene. Another view of the video shows someone crying bitterly on the shore. Many netizens mentioned that the person who fell into the water was the local Internet celebrity Lieyang.
Lieyang is a local influencer blogger
The Dawan News reporter noticed that Lieyang has 97,000 fans on a short video platform, and his age is marked as 30 years old, and his personal hobbies on the homepage are fitness, swimming, and surfing. Most of the videos released are related to fitness and surfing, and the fitness video was updated at two o'clock in the afternoon on September 22. In the comment area, many people left messages concerned about their safety.
It has been confirmed by many sources that the person who fell into the water has unfortunately died
On September 23, a local resident told a Dawan News reporter that Lieyang's surname is He and he is a well-known local Internet celebrity. At around 6 p.m. on the 22nd, he accidentally fell into the water and disappeared while driving a motorboat in the waters near Dongjin Tuo Riverside Park in Hechuan District, Chongqing, and was found in the early morning of the 23rd, but unfortunately died, which is sad.
A person familiar with Lieyang also confirmed to the Dawan News reporter that the person who fell into the water was Internet celebrity Lieyang, who had unfortunately died, and his body had been salvaged ashore.
After the incident, some netizens posted a video saying that the accident occurred at a water club in Dongjin Tuo Riverside Park. On the morning of the 23rd, the Dawan News reporter asked the club for confirmation, and the staff denied it, saying that the place where the incident occurred was not the club, it was on the periphery, the person who fell into the water was not the staff of the club, and the motorboat he was driving was not provided by the club. The staff told reporters that the body of the person who fell into the water had been recovered and brought ashore at about 2 a.m., and the relevant departments had arrived at the scene to investigate.
Subsequently, Dawan News contacted the Nanjin Street Sub-district Office of the territory, and the relevant staff introduced that after learning the news, the street attached great importance to it, and the relevant person in charge rushed to the scene as soon as possible, and arranged for personnel to carry out search and rescue, and the district leaders were also present. At about 2 o'clock in the morning of the 23rd, the body of the person who fell into the water was salvaged ashore, and the relevant aftermath work is being carried out in an orderly manner.
The Lieyang account has posted a video of surfing on a jet ski.
The staff of the Hechuan District Emergency Management Bureau told the Dawan News reporter that after the incident, many departments had intervened and arrived at the scene. From 6 o'clock in the evening of the 22nd, the search and rescue work was carried out until the early morning of the 23rd, and the body of the person who fell into the water was found and immediately salvaged ashore. The staff member also mentioned that the incident occurred in the waters of Dongjintuo Riverside Park, not in the club as reported on the Internet, but a personal motorboat.