On a Sunday on April 21, Mr. Wang (pseudonym), who lives in Xingyang, Zhengzhou, took his 8-year-old son, who is in the second grade of primary school, to play in a scenic spot by the Yellow River.
The son was clamoring to go horseback riding, and Mr. Wang happened to know the owner of the horse farm, who was a villager from a nearby village.
At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Wang took his son to the racecourse, and although he knew the boss, he still paid the fee according to the standard of 50 yuan per lap.
The son sat in the saddle, and the staff of the horse farm led the horse and took the son around.
Parents are not allowed to accompany in this process, a circle is about 5 kilometers, and after about half an hour, there was an accident when walking back.
Because it was far away, Mr. Wang waited outside the racecourse, and he did not know the situation at that time.
By watching the video afterwards, it was found that when the horse dragged the son who fell to the ground and was running, there was no person leading the horse next to him.
The video also shows the frightened horses running around, and none of the surrounding tourists dare to go up to the rescue.
One of the boy's feet was caught in the saddle, and as the horse ran, the boy's head and body kept hitting the ground, as well as hard objects such as ATV wheels next to him.
There are no safety precautions in place at the racecourse:
The filmmakers of the video recalled that the boy's head was bleeding, his face was also worn out, and his legs and body were broken in multiple places.
The son was taken to the hospital, where he died after resuscitation, and the fatal injury given by the hospital was a severe blow to the head.
Mr. Wang later recalled that the racecourse did not wear a helmet for his son, which was a major mistake, and if his son had worn a helmet at that time, he might have been able to save his life.
The failure to rescue people at the scene sparked controversy:
Many netizens accused so many people at the scene of the accident, but no one stood up to stop it?
As far as I can tell, this should be a misunderstanding. After all, none of the tourists on the site are professional horse breeders and have no experience in controlling frightened horses. If it is blindly controlled, it may cause more casualties.
There were horse farm staff at the scene, and they kept giving the "whew" command, just to stop the horses, but it didn't work for the frightened horses.
Some professional equestrians have pointed out that people cannot stop horses when they are frightened, but now there are safe horses, and regular horse farms will equip horses with safe horses.
Now not to mention safe horses, there is not even helmets, armor, knee pads and other equipment, this horse farm is equivalent to a "guerrilla", it is estimated that there is no business license.
The racecourse is suspected of illegal operation, and the official notice:
Sure enough, the mayor of Guangwu Town, where the scene of the incident was located, responded: The place involved cannot be called a horse farm, and it is operated by an individual.
In the early morning of April 23, the Propaganda Department of the Xingyang Municipal Party Committee in Henan Province issued a notice, stating that the owner of the horse involved, Fan Moumou, had been taken criminal coercive measures by the public security organs. We are making every effort to do a good job in comforting the families and dealing with the aftermath.
Netizens' opinions:
Although the incident was an accident, it was clearly caused by a man-made disaster.
There are many netizens who blame the boy's parents for letting their 8-year-old child go horseback riding, and as a guardian, it is a serious dereliction of duty.
Netizens who know the law believe that there is nothing wrong with the owner of the horse being detained, and the owner of the horse is suspected of the crime of causing death by passing away, which has violated the criminal law.
Insiders broke the news: The owner of the horse farm hired the old man to lead the horse in order to save money
More insiders broke the news: In order to reduce labor costs, the owner of the racecourse hired the old people in the village to watch the racecourse lead the horses, but he didn't expect such a big thing to happen.
If the revelation is true, it is indeed the root cause of the incident, and the editor watched the video and found that there were old people with weak legs and feet who were trying to stop it.
The tragedy could have been avoided if a young and strong man had been able to effectively control the frightened horses.
Write at the end:
The editor believes that the owner of the horse farm hires an old man to lead the horse, and he only wants to make more money. But he ignored that once the horse was frightened, the old man couldn't control it at all, and in order to save money, he was afraid that now he would even lose the old man.
In addition, the boy's parental responsibility is also great, and the 8-year-old may be driven by curiosity and ask his parents to take him for a horseback ride.
However, parents, as guardians of their children, should understand the dangers of riding horses for 8-year-old children, and should know how to make trade-offs. This tragedy has also served as a wake-up call for many parents.
Children are minors who are ignorant and do not have the ability to distinguish dangers, so they need guardians to check for them, as long as they involve dangerous things, no matter how the children make trouble, they must resolutely refuse.
Don't satisfy the child unconditionally in whatever he wants because of doting, this is not good for him, on the contrary, it is harmful to the child.