Chinese driver who hit nine-year-old with car ‘killed her to avoid high compensation bill’
Suspect reported to have told police he murdered girl because he was worried about law that can order motorists to pay all victims’ medical costs
A driver in southern China has been accused of murdering a nine-year-old girl he hit with his car to avoid paying compensation, according to local media reports.
The girl’s father told Chutian Metropolis Daily, that his daughter, identified only by her surname Tao, had been reported missing from the village of Shaling in Hubei province on November 25.
The girl’s body was later found by police in a bush near where she lived.
A witness told the father that he saw a man putting a young girl in his white car and taking her away at noon.
The witness also provided information about the car’s type and where it was registered, since car licence plates begin with the province and city code in China.