The Shocking Reason Why A Cab Driver Burned Himself Alive While Clinging To A Traffic Cop
Such actions makes you wonder the enormity of things that drive someone to kill themselves over them which others may take for granted in their life.
By Sadho Ram — 29 Dec 2013, 07:01 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
43-year-old Guo Huang, a rickshaw driver set himself on fire after he spotted a policeman giving him a parking ticket
Huang was setting down a passenger when he spotted the traffic officer writing him a ticket for illegal parking in a no parking zone in the city of Tangshan in Hebei province, northern China.
dailymail.co.ukAccording to the passenger, the driver leapt out of the taxi and started shouting at the official, Hsin Ch'in, who refused to cancel the ticket.
Huang then grabbed a can of liquid from the taxi and doused himself in it, saying he was going to burn himself to death
But when the the policeman went to remonstrate with the driver, he grabbed the officer and then flicked the switch on the lighter, engulfing them both in flames.
Huang's charred and blackened corpse lay on the side of the road after the incident, terrifying passers-by
Police officers stand above the corpse of Guo Huang, 43, who set himself alight after getting a ticket
Image via dailymail.co.ukThe cop managed to break free of the man's grip and escaped with slight burns
Officer Hsin told local TV: 'It was terrifying, he was trying to get to me after I broke free but he couldn't see, even his face was in flames. I just ran and kept on running. I didn't even look back.'
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Traffic officer Hsin Ch'in, who refused to cancel the parking ticket, managed to escape after the driver grabbed him and flicked the lighter on
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