Video of Chinese toddler, run over twice and ignored, sparks global outrage

A horrific video showing a toddler struck twice by two vehicles and left bleeding on a narrow market road in southern China while a dozen bystanders do nothing to help is sparking outrage around the world.

The incident, which occurred last Thursday in the city of Foshan in Guangdong province, was captured by a surveillance camera and aired by a local TV station.

It showed a two-year-old girl being knocked down and then run over by the wheels of a white van that paused briefly before speeding away, leaving the girl bleeding on the sidewalk.

Over the next several minutes, more than a dozen people can be seen walking by the injured girl, not one of them trying to help. In at least one case, a passerby steps over the girl’s motionless body. In another, a motorcycle slows, then veers around the girl before continuing on its way.

The girl was struck a second time by another vehicle before a woman is seen pulling the girl off the street, leaving behind a pool of blood. Local media reports identify the woman as a trash collector who ran off to alert the girl’s mother.

The video, posted on YouTube, was making headlines around the world Monday — including in China, where many viewers and readers weighed in online to question the morality of society.

The Chinese news agency Xinhua said the two-year-old girl, whose parents are migrants who live in the city, remains in hospital in a deep coma.

Chinese police said the drivers of both vehicles have been arrested.

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