Police assign blame for fatal crash
By Li Qian |
May 31, 2012, Thursday
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PROSECUTORS in the southern city of Shenzhen are investigating a deadly car crash after people speculated that the owner of the luxurious car at fault conspired with police to shift responsibility for the accident to a scapegoat.
On Saurday, a GTR sports car worth more than 1.5 million yuan (US$235,000) was speeding at more than 150 kilometers per hour hit a taxi, which caught fire and burned three people inside to death, police said.
A man surnamed Hou turned himself in to police seven hours after the accident, and police say he is in fact the drunk driver who caused the crash.
Deng Zhaokai, an official with the Shenzhen police, said Hou, a native of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is a friend of Xu Chuhui, the businessman who owns the luxurious car. Hou was driving the car borrowed from Xu when the accident happened.
Xu Wei, spokesman for the Shenzhen police, said that no one shirked responsibility in the case.
Police revealed video footage that showed Hou, wearing a shirt and a pair of flip-flops, walked out of a private club with three women about 2:50am and unlocked the car around 3am, while surveillance footage from Xu's home showed he didn't leave his house until 4:23 am.
To prove Xu's innocence, police released pictures showing him with no injuries. They also disclosed DNA test results that show Hou's blood was found in the vehicle.
But the public remained suspicious because police didn't provide complete video footage of the accident.
On Saurday, a GTR sports car worth more than 1.5 million yuan (US$235,000) was speeding at more than 150 kilometers per hour hit a taxi, which caught fire and burned three people inside to death, police said.
A man surnamed Hou turned himself in to police seven hours after the accident, and police say he is in fact the drunk driver who caused the crash.
Deng Zhaokai, an official with the Shenzhen police, said Hou, a native of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is a friend of Xu Chuhui, the businessman who owns the luxurious car. Hou was driving the car borrowed from Xu when the accident happened.
Xu Wei, spokesman for the Shenzhen police, said that no one shirked responsibility in the case.
Police revealed video footage that showed Hou, wearing a shirt and a pair of flip-flops, walked out of a private club with three women about 2:50am and unlocked the car around 3am, while surveillance footage from Xu's home showed he didn't leave his house until 4:23 am.
To prove Xu's innocence, police released pictures showing him with no injuries. They also disclosed DNA test results that show Hou's blood was found in the vehicle.
But the public remained suspicious because police didn't provide complete video footage of the accident.
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