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Chinese City Now Treats Fatal Road Incidents as Homicide Cases

By Teng Jing Xuan / Jan 16, 2019 12:40 PM / Society & Culture

Photo: VCG

Photo: VCG

Enshi, a city in central China’s Hubei province, is sick of its road safety problem.

Last February, it rolled out “precautionary” house calls by local traffic police to drivers of heavy vehicles and people who have previously broken driving laws.

Now, the city known for winding mountain roads says it’ll start treating fatal traffic incidents as homicide cases, local newspaper Chutian Metropolis Daily reported Tuesday.

If someone is killed in a traffic incident in Enshi, the director of the city’s public security bureau, along with leaders from the transport bureau, will be required to attend the scene.

In 2017, China’s annual death toll from road accidents ranked second-highest in the world, according to state news agency Xinhua.


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