Man Drives Past Injured Woman. It Was His Mother And She Didn't Make It
In a twisted turn of events, choosing not to help an injured woman proved to be a regretful decision for Zhang.
By Anabelle Ong — 09 Apr 2015, 07:51 PM — Updated over 9 years ago
In China, a man surnamed Zhang was driving to his mother's when he noticed an injured woman. However, he ignored her and continued the journey.
In a twisted turn of events, choosing not to help an injured woman proved to be a regretful decision for Zhang.
Image via goctinnhanhZhang from Nanling county in Wuhu city was on his way to visit his mother early one morning last week when he spotted the badly hurt old woman next to the road. “My car does not have a dashboard recorder, so I didn’t stop,” he was quoted as saying.
When he reached his mother's home, he found out that she had left. Sensing something amiss, he returned to the scene of the accident, only to discover that the woman he previously ignored was his mother.
Upon arriving at his mother's house, the neighbors told Zhang that she had just taken off to go visit him. Feeling that something was wrong, he immediately drove back in the direction from where he came. He passed the woman covered in blood on the ground and realized that she was his mother. She'd been struck in a hit-and-run accident.
shanghaiist.com"When I got to my mother's home and found that she wasn't there I headed straight back to the traffic accident as I had a feeling it might be her. As soon as I got there I could see it was Mum," said Zhang.
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An ambulance was called, but his mother died from her injuries on the way to the hospital. Police later found a driver who admitted to the hit-and-run according to The Telegraph.
It is known that drivers in China are weary to help strangers in need as Good Samaritans can be sued for damages by people they try to help
Many drivers and passers-by on the mainland are cautious about assisting injured people, especially the elderly who fall over or involved in traffic accidents. There have been numerous incidents of Good Samaritans themselves being sued for damages by the same people they tried to help. This fear of helping others has created what appears to be a callous attitude to accident victims.
In February, an elderly man who fell down on the street was ignored by dozens of passersby for eight whole minutes until he was eventually run over by a car.
shanghaiist.comIn an incident that sparked outrage across the country in 2011, a two-year-old girl was run over by two delivery vans at a market in Foshan, where her parents worked. Surveillance footage showed that neither driver nor 18 passers-by rendered assistance until a rubbish collector raised the alarm seven minutes later.