CHINA, NATIONAL, BEIJING, NEWS: Murder On Bus 726?
By Milly Song
How Much Is a Life Worth?
No one ever imagined it could happen. A 14-year-old girl losing her life in a trivial conflict with a bus conductor. The conductor clutched her neck so fiercely that soon after the young girl died.
It was in the afternoon of October 4, Xiao Rong, the 14-year-old girl, together with her parents, went to Xi Dan Book Store to buy books. At around 15:15, the family got on the No. 726 Bus to go home. Xiao Rong would never get there.
In Beijing's public transportation system, it is regulated that a passenger must pay one RMB for every ten kilometers. If one rides more than ten kilometers, the fee will go up accordingly. Mrs. Zheng, Xiao Rong's mother, recalled that it took them just ten kilometers to go home. They got on the bus at the Xin Jie Kou Huo Kou bus stop. There were two women conductors on the bus. The younger one sold them three one-yuan tickets and asked them if they got on at that bus stop, and she was told "yes."
However, the elder conductor insisted that the family got on one stop before. That is to say, she accused the family of the intention to pay less by cheating. The elder conductor asked the younger one to add to their payment.
It is said that Mrs. Zheng did not want to debate a trivial matter, and was ready to pay three more Yuan. Xiao Rong refused to do so and grumbled a few words. Hearing the words, the elder conductor suddenly stood up, plucked Xiao Rong's hair and clutched her throat. Mrs. Zheng hurried to separate them, but it was useless.
Mr. Zhang, a witness, said that he saw a woman pluck a girl's hair and clutch her throat on the bus. Sitting beside them he heard a middle-aged woman cry out, "Don’t beat my child!" After the woman loosed her grip, the girl cursed something and then fainted.
Mrs. Zheng said she was so helpless and she begged the bus driver to send Xiao Rong to the hospital. Instead, the driver insisted that the family should be sent to the terminal to be fined since they intended to evade payment.
Later some kind-hearted men sent the girl to the hospital.
Zhang Zhuo, the doctor who was in charge of Xiao Rong, explained that when the girl arrived at the hospital, the nurse found trauma marks on her neck, and she had no life traces. On October 5, at 7:01 in the morning, after 16 hours in the emergency room, the young girl officially passed away.
Xiao Rong's father is a 74-year-old retired professor at Tsinghua University; her mother is a teacher in the high school affiliated with Tsinghua University. Xiao Rong was their sole child. The parents were very sad about their daughter's death. At the time, they arranged to stay in the same hospital to have a rest. Later in the day, the general manager and the secretary of the Beijing Bus Share Limited Company came to the hospital to apologize. They bowed to the mournful parents and assured them that they would arrange Xiao Rong's funeral and proper compensation.
The manager of the company explained that the elder conductor was not on duty when the accident occurred. She was just riding the bus to go home. "It is very execrable that conductors conflict with passengers," he said.
At present, both the conductor and the bus driver are under arrest.
Regardless, Xiao Rong will never return to her parents.
How Much Is a Life Worth?
No one ever imagined it could happen. A 14-year-old girl losing her life in a trivial conflict with a bus conductor. The conductor clutched her neck so fiercely that soon after the young girl died.
It was in the afternoon of October 4, Xiao Rong, the 14-year-old girl, together with her parents, went to Xi Dan Book Store to buy books. At around 15:15, the family got on the No. 726 Bus to go home. Xiao Rong would never get there.
In Beijing's public transportation system, it is regulated that a passenger must pay one RMB for every ten kilometers. If one rides more than ten kilometers, the fee will go up accordingly. Mrs. Zheng, Xiao Rong's mother, recalled that it took them just ten kilometers to go home. They got on the bus at the Xin Jie Kou Huo Kou bus stop. There were two women conductors on the bus. The younger one sold them three one-yuan tickets and asked them if they got on at that bus stop, and she was told "yes."
However, the elder conductor insisted that the family got on one stop before. That is to say, she accused the family of the intention to pay less by cheating. The elder conductor asked the younger one to add to their payment.
It is said that Mrs. Zheng did not want to debate a trivial matter, and was ready to pay three more Yuan. Xiao Rong refused to do so and grumbled a few words. Hearing the words, the elder conductor suddenly stood up, plucked Xiao Rong's hair and clutched her throat. Mrs. Zheng hurried to separate them, but it was useless.
Mr. Zhang, a witness, said that he saw a woman pluck a girl's hair and clutch her throat on the bus. Sitting beside them he heard a middle-aged woman cry out, "Don’t beat my child!" After the woman loosed her grip, the girl cursed something and then fainted.
Mrs. Zheng said she was so helpless and she begged the bus driver to send Xiao Rong to the hospital. Instead, the driver insisted that the family should be sent to the terminal to be fined since they intended to evade payment.
Later some kind-hearted men sent the girl to the hospital.
Zhang Zhuo, the doctor who was in charge of Xiao Rong, explained that when the girl arrived at the hospital, the nurse found trauma marks on her neck, and she had no life traces. On October 5, at 7:01 in the morning, after 16 hours in the emergency room, the young girl officially passed away.
Xiao Rong's father is a 74-year-old retired professor at Tsinghua University; her mother is a teacher in the high school affiliated with Tsinghua University. Xiao Rong was their sole child. The parents were very sad about their daughter's death. At the time, they arranged to stay in the same hospital to have a rest. Later in the day, the general manager and the secretary of the Beijing Bus Share Limited Company came to the hospital to apologize. They bowed to the mournful parents and assured them that they would arrange Xiao Rong's funeral and proper compensation.
The manager of the company explained that the elder conductor was not on duty when the accident occurred. She was just riding the bus to go home. "It is very execrable that conductors conflict with passengers," he said.
At present, both the conductor and the bus driver are under arrest.
Regardless, Xiao Rong will never return to her parents.
1 Comments:
At 3:22 PM , crane said...
I wrote something on this, just letting you know. have a look:
http://cranewang.com/en/index.php/13.html
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