A two-year-old girl in Guangdong is in a critical condition after she was run over by two vehicles, leaving her lying in her own blood as she was ignored by more than a dozen people, until a woman scavenging through rubbish raised the alarm.
Closed-circuit footage of the accident obtained by Guangdong media has circulated rapidly online, generating outrage over the morality and cold-blooded response of drivers and passers-by.
According to Southern Television Station, which obtained footage of the incident, Wang Yue, known by friends and family as Yueyue, had run into an alley from her parents' shop in a metal wares market in Foshan late Thursday afternoon, looking for her brother.
She was struck by a white minivan which had suddenly accelerated, driving over her body with one of its front wheels. The driver of the van halted briefly but did not get out. He then accelerated away, with the back wheel striking Yueyue.
Three people walked past Yueyue, two of whom seemed to notice her, before a truck drove over her with the driver apparently failing to see her.
According to Guangdong media, more than a dozen passers-by then walked or drove past Yueyue, including a middle-aged woman with a young girl tagging along. No one stopped to help.
Nearly seven minutes after the minivan ran over Yueyue a woman collecting rubbish saw her and tried to lift her up, but found her motionless. She then moved Yueyue to the side of the road and asked people about her family.