According to the "Leping Window" on the Weixin Official Accounts of the RongMedia Center of Leping City, Jiangxi Province, with the unremitting efforts of rescuers, at 3:16 am on April 4, Zhu Ruxin, member of the Party Committee and deputy mayor of Zhongbu Town, Leping City, who had been missing for 17 hours after bravely rescuing people who fell into the water, was found more than 20 meters away from the vehicle, but no vital signs were found.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Comrade Zhu Ruxin's body was found. source:Leping Window

Relevant aftermath work is still in progress.

Before the incident, Zhu Ruxin was on duty for flood prevention. source:Leping Window

At about 10:15 a.m. on April 3, a small car carrying four people returned to its hometown to pay homage to its ancestors. While passing through the flooded section of Fangjia Village, Zhongbu Town, Leping City, it ignored dissuasion and was accidentally washed into the river by the flood. After Zhu Ruxin, member of the Party Committee and deputy mayor of Zhongbu Town, who was on flood control nearby, discovered the situation, he had no time to take off his shoes and clothes and rushed into the water to carry out the rescue. With the help of surrounding village cadres and the masses, the driver of the vehicle was rescued ashore, and the other three people in the car unfortunately drowned. Zhu Ruxin, who heroically rescued people, was washed away by the flood and has been lost since then.‍ ‍