Post date: Oct 18, 2011 11:3:5 AM
A closed circut camera captures a hit and run in China, along with onlookers who did nothing to help. Julie Noce reports.
CHINA-HIT AND RUN GIRL - It's a disturbing video clip... a truck on a narrow road in southern China hits a two year old girl, stops briefly, then continues to roll over her before driving off. What follows is perhaps more disturbing-- at least a dozen passers-by who did nothing to help. Including a second truck that further crushes her little body. Finally, a woman stops to help, dragging her to safety. Her mother, a migrant worker, then rushes to her daughter's side. The girl has been declared brain dead by hospital officials.
The video, first aired by a local TV station, has sparked public outrage in China with netizens critising the lack of morality in Chinese society. During a phone interview with one of the drivers, a reporter asks if he was aware he had run someone over... his reply, "Yes. I only need to pay $1,500 if she dies but if she lives, it would cost ten times more at least."
The father of the girl says one of the drivers has offered him cash to keep his mouth shut on the matter. Many people in China say they are hesitant to help others in distress. There have been several high-profile law suits in China, in which good Samaritans have been ordered to pay hefty fines to individuals they sought to help.
Julie Noce, Reuters