Court: Wrong parking spot kills woman
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-10-19 08:46
Responsible auto use doesn't just apply when you're driving, as one man
learnt when punished for the death of a woman who bumped into his parked car.
Li, from Yuhuan County in Zhejiang Province, parked his car randomly on a
slope and left on July 24. When he returned, minutes later, he was shocked to
find an elderly woman lying beside it with a serious head injury. She died in
hospital some days later.
A court investigation determined that the woman, surnamed Weng, had been
walking down the slope at a high speed and bumped into the car, losing her
balance and striking her head on the ground. As Li's car had been parked
illegally, the court held him partially responsible for Weng's death and
demanded he pay about 200,000 yuan (US$25,296) to her family.
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