重庆市第一中级人民法院审理的因綦江虹桥垮塌造成的两起刑事案件，先后两次分别公开庭审后，于１９９９年４月３日，对负有直接责任的１３名被告人和１个被告单位作出了一审判决。由于此案是建国以来桥梁建筑史上罕见的大惨案，造成死亡人数４０人之多，因而催人泪下、举... On April 3, 1999, two criminal cases caused by the collapse of Qijiang Hongqiao in Chongqing Municipality, the first Intermediate People’s Court of Chongqing Municipality, successively held separate hearings on two occasions. Of the 13 defendants and 1 defendant who were directly responsible The unit made the first instance verdict. Since the case was a tragedy in the history of bridge construction since the founding of the People’s Republic, it resulted in as many as 40 deaths, thereby urging people to tear down.