The truck that caused the accident was about to be towed away. According to witnesses, a couple was riding their bike home for dinner when a speeding mud truck passed by, separating them forever. In the final moment, the husband gave his wife the hope of survival, steering the bike to the left so that the wheels would crush him instead. His wife was thrown off the bicycle and survived.
At around 7 p.m. last night, at the intersection of Banxuegang and Wuhe Avenue in the Bantian district of Longgang, a Jiangxi-licensed mud truck (license plate number: Gan C18549) turning a corner while speeding caused the death and injury of pedestrians. The right front wheel of the truck ran over a married couple from Hunan who were riding a bicycle. The husband died on the spot and his wife was severely injured.
The sudden change in direction of the mud truck hit the bicycle.
At the scene, the mud truck with license plate number Gan C18549 was covered in mud, making the license plate difficult to read. Beneath the front wheel of the truck was a large pool of blood, and the deceased had just been taken away by a hearse. The mud truck occupied most of the lane, with a bloody piece of clothing belonging to the deceased still trapped under the wheel. The driver of the mud truck was present cooperating with the investigation and was soon taken to the police station for further questioning.
According to witness Mr. Huang, at the time of the incident, the couple was riding a bicycle slowly, laughing and chatting, looking very warm and close. At the turning point of Wuhe Avenue and Banxuegang Road, the couple was about to cross Banxuegang Avenue when this mud truck suddenly sped towards them.
Mr. Huang said that the mud truck was traveling at an extremely high speed, and it suddenly changed direction, sharply turning to the right. The couple didn't have enough time to react as the mud truck collided heavily with the bicycle. The man fell into a pool of blood, his brain matter spilling out, dying instantly. The wife was thrown several meters away, hitting the ground hard.
Another witness, Mr. Li, recalled that when the mud truck was about to collide with the bicycle, the husband seemed to realize the impending disaster and abruptly turned the bike to the left, allowing the wheels to crush him instead. His wife was thrown off the bicycle and survived. Mr. Li believed that the husband must have done this to protect his wife; otherwise, the mud truck would have first crushed his wife, and the husband might not have died.
The couple had only been in Shenzhen for less than a month.
On-site traffic police introduced that the deceased's surname was Liu, aged 49 years old. Both husband and wife were from Yiyang, Hunan, working at a factory in the nearby Zhangkengjing Industrial Zone.
Family members present were overwhelmed with grief. They introduced that this couple had only come to Shenzhen in October, having worked in their hometown before. Due to poverty, they followed relatives and acquaintances to Shenzhen to seek fortune. To earn as much overtime pay as possible, they worked overtime every day voluntarily. Their living conditions were the worst, saving wherever they could. Unexpectedly, within less than a month of entering the factory, such a tragedy befell them.
At around 9 p.m. last night, emergency doctors from Bantian Hospital told Southern Metropolis Daily that the woman suffered severe head injuries but her condition was temporarily stable without life-threatening risks. During the rescue, the woman was emotionally agitated, crying uncontrollably while receiving intravenous fluids.
The woman requested the doctor to save her husband first.
Nurses said that when the ambulance arrived at the scene, the woman was still conscious on the side of the road. She asked the doctor to rescue her husband first. The doctor had to tell her that her husband had already passed away, and the hearse was on its way. The woman fainted immediately upon hearing this.
The injured woman was emotionally unstable. Based on her intermittent moans, she described that at the time, the mud truck was moving too fast, and she and her husband didn't have time to react, being hit hard by the mud truck. Her husband protected her by using his body to block the front wheel of the mud truck.
Last night, Southern Metropolis Daily reporters revisited the scene of the accident and found that there were no traffic lights or other facilities at this T-junction. A mud truck passed by every two minutes. The mud trucks were moving at high speeds, almost all overloaded and speeding. The intersection where the accident occurred had mixed pedestrian and vehicle traffic, causing great confusion.
Traffic police on duty stated that although the traffic police department had increased manpower to rectify the situation with mud trucks, due to many construction sites outside the city limits, the number of mud trucks had grown exponentially, making the police force seem inadequate.