Police have arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a pedestrian in Wuhu city, east China’s Anhui Province, after the suspect’s granddaughter told police that he was responsible for the incident....
The deadly crash occurred around 7:15 p.m. on August 17. According to police, the suspect, surnamed Wang, was driving his granddaughter home from the bus terminal on his motor tricycle when he knocked down a pedestrian walking along the roadside.
Wang got out of the vehicle and saw that the pedestrian was seriously injured. With his tricycle uninsured and knowing he couldn’t afford medical expenses, the frightened Wang fled the scene, the police said.
The victim, surnamed Liu, was left lying on the road until a patrolling police car noticed him about 10 minutes later. Liu was taken to a local hospital where he soon died.
Finding little evidence at the scene – no eyewitnesses, no debris from the involved vehicle, no brake marks and no surveillance camera, the police had few leads.
The only possible evidence they found was a red hairpin. Checking surveillance video from the crossroads nearby, they focused on a blue motor tricycle, believing the driver may have been behind the hit-and-run. Unable to make out the license plate, the investigators launched a manhunt in nearby villages.
On August 22, the police interviewed Wang. He denied owning the tricycle, but his 6-year-old granddaughter told the police, “It’s my grandpa who hit the man.” She also claimed that the red hairpin was hers.
A vehicle matching the one in the surveillance footage was later found to have been disassembled by Wang, who police accuse of trying to hide evidence of his guilt. The story has gone viral on Chinese social media.
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