Yue Yue, Chinese toddler run over in hit-and-run, believed to be stable
By Elizabeth Flock
Two-year-old Yue Yue, who was left bleeding on the road after a hit-and-run accident Thursday, is now showing signs of stability, China Daily reported Tuesday. Australian news site the Herald Sun, however, continued to report that she was dead.
Two-year-old Yue Yue in intensive care. (Image via Weibo.) Surveillance camera footage of the incident shows the toddler being hit by a white van Thursday in Foshan in Guandong Province, then being hit by another van and ignored by nearly 20 passersby for seven excruciating minutes before she was given help.
The camera provoked outrage and soul-searching in China Monday, as many wondered why no one had helped the child except a “good Samaritan” trash collector who moved her bleeding body from the road.
Chen Xianmei, the trash collecter who helped Yue Yue, has been given a reward of 10,000 yuan ($1,570) by government officials for her good deed.
Conflicting reports about the incident have only made the incident more controversial.
China Daily confidently reported the details of Yue Yue’s recovery Tuesday:
Conflicting reports about the incident have only made the incident more controversial.
China Daily confidently reported the details of Yue Yue’s recovery Tuesday:
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.
But other news outlets continued to report she was dead, and Shanghaiist, an English-language blog in China that has been covering the story since it began, has not yet posted an update today about her health.
But other news outlets continued to report she was dead, and Shanghaiist, an English-language blog in China that has been covering the story since it began, has not yet posted an update today about her health.
China Daily is a state-run paper sometimes referred to as the government's mouthpiece.
China Daily also reported that both drivers who hit Yue Yue have now been identified, and say they are sorry for the incident and didn’t see the child in the road.
China Daily also reported that both drivers who hit Yue Yue have now been identified, and say they are sorry for the incident and didn’t see the child in the road.
The Shanghaiist, however, has a different story. The first driver apparently had just broken up with his girlfriend and was on his cell phone when he hit Yue Yue. The Shanghaiist reports the driver had placed a call to Yue Yue’s father to tell him he would not surrender, but would give him some money, saying:
You saw that girl on the CCTV footage, she didn't see where she was going, you know. I was on the phone when it happened, I didn't mean it. When I realized I had knocked her down, I thought I'd go down to see how she was. Then when I saw that she was already bleeding, I decided to just step on the gas pedal and escape seeing that nobody was around me.
China Daily doesn’t leave out the apathetic passersby out of the story.
China Daily doesn’t leave out the apathetic passersby out of the story.
But the newspaper reports that each passerby hadn’t seen the girl lying on the road because it was too dark to see. Those who have watched the video point out that a motorcyclist actually makes a circle around the girl body’s to avoid it, and other passersby are clearly seen scurrying past.
Since the video was released yesterday, many have blamed the response by passersby on the common fear in China that citizens who help an injured person will be blamed for the injuries.
In 2006, a man who helped an elderly woman to the hospital was accused of pushing her, dragged to court by her family, and forced to pay a large share of her medical bills.
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I was inspired to make this post because of my dear aunt's post on Facebook about Yue Yue...
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I was inspired to make this post because of my dear aunt's post on Facebook about Yue Yue...
I'm just wondering with some Chinese parents... are they really careless with their children?
while reading the news about Yue Yue, napanood ko ang news about a Chinese kid na nahulog naman sa balon... this was the nth times na nabalitaan ko ang ganitong incident regarding a Chinese kid, either naipit sa pader or nahulog sa balon, or sometimes the worst case eto nga, naaksidente...
while reading the news about Yue Yue, napanood ko ang news about a Chinese kid na nahulog naman sa balon... this was the nth times na nabalitaan ko ang ganitong incident regarding a Chinese kid, either naipit sa pader or nahulog sa balon, or sometimes the worst case eto nga, naaksidente...
It's so sad na may mga ganyang parents, hindi sila hands-on with their children...
some of the kids naman from the other countries (WAIT! not just from the other countries, I will include our OWN country...) nagrerebelde ang bata, parang nasa 8 to 15 years old pa lang sangkot na sa krimen, either snatching or bumabaril na... Where are the parents of these kids?
about naman sa mga taong nakakita kay Yue Yue, it is really proven that our society is seriously ill (it was according to Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site) According to Matthew 22:39 "And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself'."
well, I'm not against with the Chinese people (sabi kasi ng mga classmates ko against daw ako). actually hanga ako with some of them (hindi naman kasi lahat ganun) especially the parents of Chia (one of my friends) and one of my professors, they're one of the best, just like my mommy and papa (I include my lolos and lolas, aunts and uncles)... :)
