Let's rewind time back to 4 PM the day before yesterday... Yesterday morning, Mr. Zhang, a reader from Jiaxing, called the hotline of our newspaper and told us about this incident that happened at this intersection. At that time, the traffic light for the east-west direction at the crossroads was red, and the traffic light for the north-south direction had just turned from yellow to red. The Camry sedan following behind the elderly man took action. The car suddenly accelerated, overtook the tricycle, made a turn, and stopped in front of the tricycle.
At 4 PM the day before yesterday, the rain that had lasted for a long time had just stopped. It was near quitting time, and the traffic flow at the intersection gradually increased. Just as everyone thought the tricycle would stop to help the injured person, the tricycle not only did not stop but instead sped up and rode southward.
It was at this moment that people realized and quickly took out their mobile phones to call the police. The elderly man slowly reduced the speed of his electric bike, but due to the slippery road caused by the rain, the electric bike still crossed the stop line at the intersection. And just at that moment, the tricycle from the north rushed through the yellow light and instantly knocked down the electric bike.
The tricycle finally stopped, and the driver of the Camry jumped out of the car, rushed to the other side, and grabbed the tricycle driver...
Enthusiastic driver: When seeing injustice on the road, one should take action.
After receiving the alarm, the officers from the Nanh湖区 Police Station quickly arrived at the scene. The officers soon discovered that the tricycle driver was full of alcohol smell, and he also admitted that he indeed drank some alcohol earlier. But when asked why he fled the scene after the accident, the man riding the tricycle actually claimed that he did not flee but because the tricycle was equipped with a motor, he could not brake after the incident. When the officer asked him why he turned and fled again after being forced to stop by the car for the first time, he again claimed, "I was afraid of colliding with the car."
After the on-site investigation was completed, the driver of the car planned to leave quietly, but the drunk tricycle driver pulled the car door handle and wouldn't let him go, claiming, "He drove dangerously. What if my tricycle collided with the car?"
Yesterday afternoon, I learned from an officer who handled the alarm that the enthusiastic driver surnamed Xi is from Yuxin Town, Nanh湖区, Jiaxing City, and is the boss of a construction company. The trouble-making tricycle driver surnamed Meng is 51 years old and makes a living by collecting scrap.
Fortunately, the elderly man who was knocked down was not seriously injured, just having some discomfort in his waist.
Currently, the traffic police department is further handling this matter.
In the end, it was only after the police officers from the police station arrived that the matter was satisfactorily resolved.
Every day, countless vehicles pass through and people walk across the intersection of Jiaxing's Jingwater Road and Zhonghuan East Road.
However, within just 21 seconds the day before yesterday, two vehicles and two people here concentrated on a segment of kindness and ugliness chasing drama.
When the incident happened too fast, the surrounding pedestrians didn't have time to react, watching the tricycle about to escape from the scene.
The tricycle driver actually falsely accused, "I was afraid of hitting the car."
The observer then tried to contact Mr. Xi by phone, but the officer said that Mr. Xi had expressed that what he did was just a small matter, so he didn't want to be interviewed by the media. Another officer from the police station told the reporter that when Mr. Xi was making a statement, talking about why he risked forcing the tricycle to stop, he just smiled and said, "When seeing injustice on the road, one should take action."