It's really heartbreaking! 34 pounds of tree roots fell from a high altitude in the community, hitting a 17-year-old key high school student. The defendant sold the house and moved, the parents cried bitterly, how to judge the dispute!
On May 21, 2023, a 17-year-old sophomore high school student, Cheng Chen, was riding an electric car past a building in his neighborhood when a tree root fell from the sky and hit him, knocking him to the ground on the spot.
Subsequently, Cheng Chen was taken to the hospital by Wei Yisong, the owner of the tree root, however, after 20 days of hospitalization, he was not saved in the end.
According to reports, the roots of this tree weigh 34 catties, are 1 meter long, and are 10.83 cm in diameter at the thickest point.
What kind of root is this, and how did it fall out of the sky?
According to Wei Yisong, the owner of the root, it was the stump of an osmanthus tree that fell from the roof terrace on the 5th floor.
At the time of the incident, he dug up the osmanthus stump from the terrace and placed it on the fence wall in the southwest of the terrace, and then he dug a pit in the garden next to it, preparing to transplant the roots into the pit.
When he stood up, his shoulder hit the osmanthus stump, and then the osmanthus stump fell, unfortunately hitting Cheng Chen, a sophomore in high school who was passing by.
Regarding this accident, the procuratorate held that the defendant Wei Yisong was not intentional and should be sentenced for the crime of causing death by negligence;
However, the family members of the victim Cheng Chen did not agree that it was an accident caused by negligence, and they believed that it was a high-altitude throwing object.
There are two reasons for this:
First, the terrace space is so large, the guardrail is only 1.5 meters high, and there is no shelter, why should a 34-pound tree root be placed in such a dangerous place?
Second, the surveillance showed that the stake fell in a parabola, and if it was a negligent fall, it should have fallen in a free fall, not a parabola.
Thirdly, the distance between the stake and the wall at the time of the incident was about 5 meters, and it was later retested, and they simulated the experiment of the shoulder hitting the stump, and found that the distance between the fall point and the wall was only 48cm.
The public prosecutor overturned these one by one and rejected them, holding that the existing evidence was insufficient to prove that the defendant had thrown objects from a height.
Based on the defendant's admission of guilt and acceptance of punishment, the circumstances of voluntary surrender, and his relatives also paid more than 38 yuan in medical expenses, the prosecutor recommended that he be sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for the crime of negligence causing death.
The victim's parents, who were at the scene, broke their defenses, "Do you know how good my son is?"
According to the victim's sister, her younger brother, Cheng Chen, a 17-year-old senior in high school, is a student in the Qingbei class of their local key high school.
"Qingbei class", as the name suggests, is the material for the entrance examination of Tsinghua University and Peking University.
She also introduced that he can play the guitar, and he has various certificates, such as level 2 in hard pen calligraphy, level 5 in art sketching, and has won awards in various science and technology competitions.
If it weren't for this accident, his life and his future would have been very bright.
It's really a pity that such an excellent person and such a young man passed away in this way.
It's just a pity that everyone is equal before the law at the same time, but it seems a little indifferent and ruthless, whether it is the pride of heaven who is hurt, or the mediocre ordinary people, the punishment of the criminal by the law will not be different.
I wonder if the offender has any other compensation in addition to the medical expenses of 380,000 yuan?
Although it is said that nothing can compensate for the loss of a child, but raising a child to the age of 17 costs how much effort it takes parents, so many years of hard work and a living life are gone, how heart-wrenching it is to be a parent, not to mention such an excellent child.
(Source: Long Report)
