Distracted motorist in China crashes into pedestrian walking across road with handcart
- 4 years ago
A distracted motorist in southern China crashed his car into a man walking across a road with a handcart.
The dramatic video, captured in the city of Chenzhou in Hunan Province on March 11, shows a man named Cao crossing a road with a handcart suddenly being knocked over by a speeding car.
The motorist named Chen called the police and Cao was sent to hospital by an ambulance.
According to reports, Chen spotted Cao when he was 100 metres away but did not slow down properly as he was drinking water while driving.
Cao suffered injuries to his leg but he was not in life-threatening condition.
Chen took the main responsibility for the incident as he did not avoid the pedestrians and was fined 100yuan (£12) by the police. Cao took the secondary responsibility as he did not cross the road on zebra lines.
The dramatic video, captured in the city of Chenzhou in Hunan Province on March 11, shows a man named Cao crossing a road with a handcart suddenly being knocked over by a speeding car.
The motorist named Chen called the police and Cao was sent to hospital by an ambulance.
According to reports, Chen spotted Cao when he was 100 metres away but did not slow down properly as he was drinking water while driving.
Cao suffered injuries to his leg but he was not in life-threatening condition.
Chen took the main responsibility for the incident as he did not avoid the pedestrians and was fined 100yuan (£12) by the police. Cao took the secondary responsibility as he did not cross the road on zebra lines.