Chinese toddler left bloody in hit-and-run dies

Published on Oct 22, 2011

Wang Yue, also known as Yue Yue, a 28-month-old toddler, was left to die on a narrow street in Foshan, China, after being knocked down twice. -- PHOTO: ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS

BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese toddler who was ignored by 18 passers-by as she lay critically injured in the street after being run over by two vehicles has died, the hospital treating her said on Friday.

Surveillance camera footage of people walking past the two-year-old girl, nicknamed Yue Yue, as she lay bleeding and unconscious sparked a wave of condemnation and soul-searching on China's hugely popular social networking sites.

A rubbish collector who finally moved the girl to the side of the street in the southern Chinese city of Foshan was hailed as a national hero, but the incident also led many online commentators to question the state of Chinese morality.

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The death of Yue Yue was one of the most popular topics on China's weibos - microblogging sites similar to Twitter - on Friday as people expressed sorrow and anger over the incident. 'Farewell to little Yue Yue. There are no cars in heaven,' wrote one microblogger on Sina's weibo.