She Played with Her Phone While Walking, Got Fined ￥200,000

In the minds of most people, pedestrians are vulnerable groups in road traffic accidents, and other parties should bear primary or secondary responsibility for accidents involving pedestrians.

However, in a recent traffic accident in Zhongshan, Guangdong province, the perpetrator was a pedestrian, and she was sentenced for it.

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On May 27, 2017, around 8:00 PM, a woman ran a red light to cross the road.

She was looking at her mobile phone the whole time!

When she saw the motorcycle coming, 

she tried to speed up and avoid it but in the end, 

she did not avoid the tragedy.

A motorcycle passed by and knocked her down, 

and both the driver and passenger slipped and fell to the ground.

The accident caused the motorcycle passenger Mr. Zhang injured. 

When he sent to the hospital invalid death.

The accident caused the motorcycle passenger, Mr. Zhang, to get injured. He was dead by the time he reached the hospital.

The first people's court of Zhongshan argued that the main cause of the accident was the defendant, Miss Hu, who didn't cross the road in accordance with the instructions of traffic lights and kept using her phone in the process.

Miss Hu was sentenced by the court to 10 months in prison, suspended for one year, and required to pay a compensation of RMB 200,000 to the victim's family.

The judge suggests: 

every pedestrian can and should always abide by traffic safety laws and regulations. 

But most importantly, they should care not just for themselves but for others around them as well.

Source: CCTV

Editor: Crystal Huang 

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