Driver jailed for girl's death
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September 6, 2012, Thursday
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A COURT yesterday sentenced a driver to three-and-a-half years behind bars for negligence that resulted in the death of a two-year-old girl in a case that prompted a nationwide soul-searching in 2011.
Hu Jun was convicted of involuntary homicide by the court in the southern city of Foshan, where the girl was hit and crushed by Hu's minibus and another vehicle on October 13.
The girl was then left to bleed on the street as 18 pedestrians and cyclists passed her without stopping to help. She was eventually helped by an elderly scrap collector but died of brain failure days later.
The court said Hu was driving in dim lighting conditions amid torrential rain without turning on the headlights of his vehicle. He thought he had hit something but failed to stop and check.
The tragedy grabbed national attention, sparking criticism of a lack of compassion in Chinese society, with experts pointing to a lack of a Good Samaritan law protecting helpers from being wrongly accused.
Hu Jun was convicted of involuntary homicide by the court in the southern city of Foshan, where the girl was hit and crushed by Hu's minibus and another vehicle on October 13.
The girl was then left to bleed on the street as 18 pedestrians and cyclists passed her without stopping to help. She was eventually helped by an elderly scrap collector but died of brain failure days later.
The court said Hu was driving in dim lighting conditions amid torrential rain without turning on the headlights of his vehicle. He thought he had hit something but failed to stop and check.
The tragedy grabbed national attention, sparking criticism of a lack of compassion in Chinese society, with experts pointing to a lack of a Good Samaritan law protecting helpers from being wrongly accused.
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