Two-Year-Old Toddler Ignored in Street After Hit-and-Run Dies

The two year old Chinese toddler who was first run over by a van, then ignored and left in the street while 18 people passed by (and while she was also run over by another van), has died.

The plight of Wang Yue drew worldwide attention after the video was posted to the Internet (below, may be disturbing to some). The incident drew many Chinese citizens into discussions online and elsewhere over the "declining morality in China."

The Guangzhou Military District General Hospital said that the 2-year-old girl, Wang Yue, nicknamed YueYue, died of brain and organ failure. Intensive care unit director Su Lei told reporters that "Her injuries were too severe and the treatment had no effect."

State-run media had said, earlier, that Wang Yue's father had been tending the family's hardware store at the time of the incident. At the same time, her mother was hanging laundry. Both of them failed to notice that their daughter had wandered outside.

It had earlier been reported that police had detained the drivers of both vans. While it had been said that they were detained on suspicion of causing a traffic accident, it is unclear if manslaughter will be among any formal charges filed against them.

As has happened previously in other events around the globe, once the video was posted to the Web, some of those in it were identified. Those people have said that they have been harassed since that time. The Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper, a respected media source, quoted a man it identified only as a hardware merchant, Mr. Chen. as saying that he had been receiving crank calls ever since someone identified out as the 16th passerby in the video. He said he simply had not noticed the child.

The video is below. Once again, it will be disturbing to many.

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