Toddler left for dead in china, up to 30 passerbys ignored child suffering death

Dave0301 · 17-10-2011 06:20PM

That's the most shocking thing I've seen.

I've seen animals hit on Irish roads treated with more compassion than that little girl.

Micky Dolenz · 17-10-2011 06:30PM

Mrbollocksman wrote: »

How can people be so cruel. China needs to wake up.

Banned.

celticcrash · 17-10-2011 06:46PM

Its not just China, its nearly everywhere. Its a lack of empity with fellow
human beings. I call these people the walking dead, zombies, Yes it happens here all the time to some degree.
An old women crashed her car into a lamp post, I was near the accident so I went over straight away, opened the car door, asked if she was all right, phoned for an ambulance, patted the blood from her face with tissues, talked to her.
I looked up and the car was surrounded with zombies. leaning on the hood looking in. they were up on top of my back trying to get a good look.
I told the man to get off my back, stood up and pleaded with the zombies
to move back and give this women space to breath.
Of course the slackjawed ones just got worse, they were now sticking
there big thick insenitive heads in through the windows.
Not one of the zombies asked could they be of help.
Morbid curiosity.

Duggy747 · 17-10-2011 06:58PM

Disturbing attitude of the differences in cultures.

It was sickening on all accounts, from the 1st driver running away, the people ignoring her, the 2nd driver running over her legs, and then realising that she was still alive when she squirmed a bit.

Unfortunately, it's not the 1st time something like this has happened in China, as another poster pointed out with foetus or abandoned babies being left on the path / roadway.

The laws and situations people are put in when they are afraid to help injured people over there really paints an awful picture for the country.

It's strange also in some Asian and South American countries where people are fascinated with taking out their mobile phones and take videos / pictures rather than help / comfort the injured or dying person. There's an almost infinite amount of videos that show this behaviour.

sgb · 17-10-2011 07:03PM

I watched it and was horrified, al-thou it's not the worst thing I've seen on the Internet. Perhaps this is sign of modern times where such horrific incidents are more accessible.

I understand the child passed away RIP

cityhunter · 18-10-2011 04:34AM

RIP for the Child，I am so unhappy when reading this news

The Scientician · 18-10-2011 04:39AM

An acquaintance of mine who lives in China reckons its fake. He's no expert in video but he pointed out that almost invariably when an incident happens there, a huge crowd will congregate to gawk. No crowd is in evidence in the footage. He could be talking out of his hat though.

saverboy · 18-10-2011 08:44AM

I hope this is just a fake, cant believe this

Lollipops23 · 18-10-2011 02:17PM

I couldn't bring myself to watch it, too upsetting. How people's primal instincts to protect a child didn't kick in is beyond me. Even the people I know who hate kids would never let one die in the streets...
I know China doesn't have the best track record when it comes to human rights, but Christ alive, this is just outrageous.

Also, why was a little toddler allowed to wander out onto a dark, busy road by herself???

edit: I'm praying this turns out to be fake, like the little girl driving on the motorway.

Temptamperu · 18-10-2011 02:19PM

The worst I read today is that woman in America who had those handicapped people locked up in a boiler room whilst using their identity for social welfare and the like.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/basement-dungeon-ring-leader-history-imprisonment/story?id=14753375

:mad:

shannon_tek · 18-10-2011 02:24PM

This is one of the most vulgar things ive seen. It has questioned my view on the Chinese people as a whole. not because 1 person didnt help her but because doezens didnt help her. Poor child. is there any further info on her state. hope to god she's not dead. but they weren't hoping on much.

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Mindkiller · 18-10-2011 02:28PM

The girl is dead. It might sound cruel but I think it's for the better. Rather than being in the brain-dead vegetative state that she was.

Lollipops23 · 18-10-2011 02:34PM

Mindkiller wrote: »

The girl is dead. It might sound cruel but I think it's for the better. Rather than being in the brain-dead vegetative state that she was.

No she's not, she's started breathing on her own according to a news source.

Giselle · 18-10-2011 02:37PM

I wonder how much of the attitude stems from her being a little girl. In Chinese society female infanticide and female abortion are rife, because of the premium placed on male babies. Orphanages are full of baby girls.

Maybe if it was a little boy people would have cared more. Just makes it more horrible to think about really.

dipper.meath16 · 18-10-2011 02:42PM

No way to describe that, that is awful..

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16091304

shannon_tek · 18-10-2011 02:43PM

Heres an Article on the little Girl.

They caught one of the drivers.

To be honest this happened on Sunday how come Im only getting it now via ITN and this article

Mindkiller · 18-10-2011 02:43PM

Lollipops23 wrote: »

No she's not, she's started breathing on her own according to a news source.

link?

nvm. Posted above

Tyler MacDurden · 18-10-2011 02:45PM

Update

The condition of the two-year-old girl, Yue Yue, who was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident, is showing signs of stability, Guangdong Daily reported Tuesday.

A video of the incident, captured by a surveillance camera, shows the girl being hit by a white van before being hit by another van a few minutes later on a narrow market street in the city of Foshan in Guangdong province on the afternoon of October 13.

Toddler: showing signs of stability

After two and a half days of treatment, good news came Monday morning that Yue Yue has regained the ability to take weak breaths with the help of respirator. The rest of her condition, including blood pressure and heart beat, shows signs of stability. However, the child's life is still in danger and she hasn't recovered the ability to breathe upsupported, reported Guangzhou Daily.

Rescuer gets big rewards

Civilization office of Foshan's Nanhai district on Monday presented 10,000 yuan ($1,570) to Chen Xianmei, a rubbish collector who offered aid to Yue Yue after the incident happened, as a reward for her kind deed, China Daily reported.

Meanwhile, a company in Foshan said that they will donate 50,000 yuan to Yue Yue’s family and the rescuer respectively.

“Besides the reward, we would like to offer Chen a job with stable income so as to encourage this kind of activity,” said an anonymous assistant manager at the company.

Hit-and-run drivers: sorry for the victim's family

As for the two drivers who hit Yue Yue, one was caught by police and the other turned himself in on Monday.

Both drivers said they didn't see the child before the accident happened, according to the police. The first driver who knocked down Yue Yue expressed regret, deep sadness and apologies to the child’s family.

Apathetic passers-by interviewed

Minutes after the accident happened, a man driving an electric tricycle passed by the injured girl. He looked back for a while before leaving the scene.

The man, surnamed Zhang, later told Guangzhou Daily that he didn't see the child lying on street or any blood stains. "I couldn't see clearly because it was dark then."

About a minute after the man passed by, another young woman holding hand of a little girl passed by Yue Yue. "The girl was bleeding in mouth and ear and crying a little. I was so scared and my girl cried because of fear, therefore, we left," said the woman surnamed Lin.

Another man wearing green cloths looked at Yue Yue from 3 meters away. He was a nearby shop owner. He denied having seen the little girl. "If I saw her, I would definitely have offered help," he said.

However netizens and neighbors do not believe his story. Neighbors talked about him and a netizen even googled his shop online out and criticized him of "lack of conscience". The shop owner said it has made him disturbed.

Such liars, wonder if Chinese law can prosecute for failure to come to someone's aid?

hondasam · 18-10-2011 02:51PM

Tyler MacDurden wrote: »

Such liars, wonder if Chinese law can prosecute for failure to come to someone's aid?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/china-shocked-as-hit-run-toddler-ignored-by-18-passers-by/story-e6frg6so-1226169339307

This is part of the reason why people will not help, fear of getting sued.

spankmaster2000 · 18-10-2011 02:54PM

My heart hurts after watching that.

Literally.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 18-10-2011 10:45PM

Horrendous.

Not surprising, given the Chinese culture of animal abuse as well though.

woodoo · 18-10-2011 11:13PM

God what an awful country. I will never set foot in it if that is the attitude to life. Nowhere in Europe could that possibly happen. 18 people walk past a dying child? No way.

Myksyk · 18-10-2011 11:15PM

Genuinely the worst thing I've seen on the net. Bothered me all day long. Went and picked my three year old daughter up early from the Creche because of it. Just needed to have her with me. So incredibly sad.

woodoo · 18-10-2011 11:16PM

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Horrendous.

Not surprising, given the Chinese culture of animal abuse as well though.

Tearing fur from still alive animals. Using endangered species for silly medicinal potions, ravaging the shark population to appear affluent by eating shark fin soup... and on and on. They need to pull themselves together.

Cupcake_Crisis · 18-10-2011 11:18PM

Absolutely sickening. Even the way her mother handled her at the very end....so rough!

pragmatic1 · 18-10-2011 11:20PM

One of the worst things I've heard in recent times. What a heartless society.

Melion · 18-10-2011 11:21PM

That was the worst thing ive ever seen on the internet and i have seen some truly sick shít. I think the fact that the girl is the same age as my own daughter really made it hit me hard.

Cill Dara Abu · 18-10-2011 11:25PM

Wow that was awful, I really hope that is a fake tbh.

Not even a second glance from some people.

Oranage2 · 18-10-2011 11:25PM

Heres the Chinese viewpoint on it.

http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/videos/2-year-old-chinese-girl-ran-over-by-van-ignored-by-18-bystanders.html

vibe666 · 18-10-2011 11:27PM

forget getting sued or whatever, i just can't get my head around how anyone could walk past a dying child under any circumstances whatever the potential consequences might be, its just inhuman.

its a sad day for all of us that there are places in the world where this kind of thing can happen.

Toddler left for dead in china, up to 30 passerbys ignored child suffering death

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