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Out-of-control SUV kills boy, 8, at school gates
By Liu Meng Source:Global Times Published: 2012-9-19 0:20:03
The crying mother and other relatives of the dead boy arrive at the school to burn paper money for him. Photo: Li Hao/GT
An 8-year-old primary school student was killed and seven other people were hurt when an out-of-control SUV slammed into a crowd outside a school gate on Monday afternoon.
The driver, a woman surnamed Zhang, 34, was picking her child up from Changqiao Primary School, Xicheng district at about 3 pm.
She mistakenly stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake of her Hyundai SUV, said the Sina microblog of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (PSB) Monday.
The woman is being questioned by police.
The boy, also surnamed Zhang, died after being treated for about four hours at Peking University First Hospital, the Beijing News reported Tuesday.
Except for a parent who sustained a fractured pelvis, the other six-two boys, one girl and three parents, were slightly injured, said the report.
At about 1:30 pm Tuesday, the boy's parents and relatives came to the scene of the accident to burn paper money for the soul that passed away. The boy's older sister held his portrait, and the parents were crying and very distressed.
A security guard from a nearby restaurant, surnamed Tang, who witnessed the accident, said the jeep was parked on the sidewalk, and suddenly accelerated into the crowd.
"The boy was run over by the jeep, and some parents also lifted the rear of the jeep to save a woman under it," he said.
The Global Times found there is a "no parking" sign near the school gate.
But a mother of a grade one female pupil, surnamed Wang, said that she occasionally saw one or two cars parked on the sidewalk outside the gate.
"When school lets out, lots of parents crowd at the gate to pick up children, and the school security guards don't stop them," she said.
Wang said that on Tuesday morning, she received a message from her daughter's head teacher, informing her to pick up her child inside the school.
"In the past, pupils would be guided by their teachers outside the school," she said.
A security guard from the school confirmed that the rule was a new safety measure adopted by the school.
The school could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
An 8-year-old primary school student was killed and seven other people were hurt when an out-of-control SUV slammed into a crowd outside a school gate on Monday afternoon.
The driver, a woman surnamed Zhang, 34, was picking her child up from Changqiao Primary School, Xicheng district at about 3 pm.
She mistakenly stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake of her Hyundai SUV, said the Sina microblog of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (PSB) Monday.
The woman is being questioned by police.
The boy, also surnamed Zhang, died after being treated for about four hours at Peking University First Hospital, the Beijing News reported Tuesday.
Except for a parent who sustained a fractured pelvis, the other six-two boys, one girl and three parents, were slightly injured, said the report.
At about 1:30 pm Tuesday, the boy's parents and relatives came to the scene of the accident to burn paper money for the soul that passed away. The boy's older sister held his portrait, and the parents were crying and very distressed.
A security guard from a nearby restaurant, surnamed Tang, who witnessed the accident, said the jeep was parked on the sidewalk, and suddenly accelerated into the crowd.
"The boy was run over by the jeep, and some parents also lifted the rear of the jeep to save a woman under it," he said.
The Global Times found there is a "no parking" sign near the school gate.
But a mother of a grade one female pupil, surnamed Wang, said that she occasionally saw one or two cars parked on the sidewalk outside the gate.
"When school lets out, lots of parents crowd at the gate to pick up children, and the school security guards don't stop them," she said.
Wang said that on Tuesday morning, she received a message from her daughter's head teacher, informing her to pick up her child inside the school.
"In the past, pupils would be guided by their teachers outside the school," she said.
A security guard from the school confirmed that the rule was a new safety measure adopted by the school.
The school could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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