Run-over Chinese toddler dies

Run-over Chinese toddler dies

Yue Yue, the two-year-old toddler who was rolled over by two vehicles in Foshan, Guangdong province in China - and left to bleed on the road last week - has died on Friday.

She was ignored by 18 passers-by as she lay critically injured in the street after being run over by two vans.

Surveillance camera footage of people walking past Yue Yueas she lay bleeding and unconscious sparked a wave of condemnation and soul-searching on China's hugely popular social networking sites.

A rubbish collector who finally moved the girl to the side of the street in the southern Chinese city of Foshan was hailed as a national hero, but the incident also led many online commentators to question the state of Chinese morality.

The death of Yue Yue was one of the most popular topics on China's weibos - microblogging sites similar to Twitter - on Friday as people expressed sorrow and anger over the incident.

'Farewell to little Yue Yue. There are no cars in heaven,' wrote one microblogger on Sina's weibo.

Yue Yue reliedon machines for maintaining blood pressure and respiration till her last breath.

Tests on Monday found severe damage in the functions of her brainstem and cerebral cortex.

Source: AFP, China Daily/ANN
Published Oct 21 2011