The Paper's senior reporter Li Jing
The criminal case involving 5 deaths and 7 injuries in the traffic accident on Daduhe Road, Putuo District, Shanghai, was held on February 25, and some of the victims' families attended the trial.
At 9:30 a.m. on the same day, the case of defendant Chen Liwei suspected of endangering public safety by dangerous means was tried in public at the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court. The surging news reporter learned at the scene that on the day of the trial, the parents of the victim Wu Mou came to the court to observe the hearing and were interviewed by reporters before the trial.
The victim, Wu X, was the driver of the Land Rover car at the scene of the crime, and his driving vehicle was hit by the car driven by defendant Chen Liwei, and Wu was sent to the hospital for treatment and died.
Wu's parents told the surging news reporter that on the morning of the crime, Wu was arranged by the unit to go to a foreign unit for business contact, and when driving through the Daduhe intersection of Jinshajiang Road, he made a normal small turn, and when the pedestrians on the other sidewalk crossed the road, the perpetrator came straight from the direction of Daduhe Road and directly hit the position of Wu's cab, resulting in Wu's death and the vehicle being scrapped.
Wu's parents said that nearly a year and a half after the crime occurred, they have not received any apologies from the perpetrators or their families. The sons are innocent, and they have been waiting for news of the trial, "because the judicial authorities said that the case is serious and hope that we can wait patiently." ”
Wu's father expressed the hope that the judicial organs can severely punish the perpetrators in accordance with the law, give the victims a fair justice, and also give an account to the society, "because such an incident that endangers the public's personal safety cannot be repeated." "In addition, they did not file a separate ancillary civil action.
Wu's father told the surging news that he is 65 years old this year, Wu is an only child, "We now two people belong to the family of lost independence, white-haired people send black-haired people." Wu was 34 years old when he died, leaving behind a 3-year-old child.
"He lost his father at such a young age. The blow to our hearts and minds was too great. Wu's father said.
Previously, the procuratorial organs indicted that the defendant Chen Liwei continued to drive at high speed on the city road and continuously ran red lights after the accident, hitting multiple vehicles and pedestrians, seriously endangering public safety, and causing serious consequences such as 5 deaths, 1 serious injury, and 6 minor injuries, and should be investigated for criminal responsibility for endangering public safety by dangerous means in accordance with law. At the same time, defendant Chen Liwei was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment for an intentional crime, and if he commits another crime that should be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or above within five years after the completion of the criminal punishment, he is a repeat offender and shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with law.
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