China cabby drives against traffic, runs red lights to rush unconscious toddler to hospital
Already picked-up passengers vacate taxi after seeing sick child; congestion-hit driver takes sick baby in arms, runs rest of way to hospital
A taxi driver in central China won widespread praise online after racing an unconscious child to the hospital, running red lights and driving against traffic.
The incident unfolded in Wuhan, Hubei province, on June 5, according to the mainland media outlet Ping An Hubei.
The three-year-old girl, identified by the pseudonym Yanyan, had developed a fever at home before suddenly losing consciousness.
Her family called the emergency services, but were told an ambulance would take at least 20 minutes to arrive because of the evening rush hour.
With no time to lose, they carried the child out of their residential compound and flagged down a taxi that had just picked up two passengers.
After seeing the girl’s critical condition, the passengers immediately got out and gave up the vehicle.
The driver, Wang Tao, set off for the nearby Tongji Hospital while trying to establish what had happened. Yanyan’s mother sat in the front passenger seat, while her grandmother held the unconscious child in the back.
