Police will charge the two drivers who ran over a two-year-old girl in Foshan, Guangdong, in a tragedy that appalled the nation after surveillance footage of it was posted online.
Wang Yue, known to her family as Yueyue, died at 12.32am on Friday from severe multiple organ failure and brain damage after a seven-day fight in the intensive-care unit of Guangzhou Military District General Hospital.
The surveillance footage shows Yueyue being struck by a white minivan that had suddenly sped up, one of its front wheels rolling over her body. The van driver stopped briefly but did not get out, instead driving off - and striking the girl with his back wheel as he did so.
Three people ignored her lying on the road as they walked past. She was then driven over by a light truck, the driver apparently failing to see her.
The footage shows 18 passers-by walking or driving past Yueyue as she lies bleeding in the road, but none go to her aid until elderly scavenger Chen Xianmei pulls her aside and helps to locate her mother.
Police would not say whether the two drivers would be charged with murder or with traffic offences, the Guangzhou Daily reported.
The maximum penalty for traffic crime under mainland law is seven years' imprisonment, but the death sentence can apply for murder.