At around 12:14 on March 9, 2009, a junior three student of the No. 8 Middle School of Xingtai in Hebei province was hit down by a medium-sized bus with the license plate number Ji E00099 which was owned by the Xingtai county government and was running the red light at the intersection of Yucai Road and Zhongxing West Avenue after school. The student was thrown over ten meters away and died on the spot.