Migrant workers were killed in a car accident on their way home. Continued： the brakes of the truck were out of order and overloaded, taking full responsibility.

On the afternoon of February 8, a traffic accident occurred when a truck collided with a car in the direction of Baoshan, Yunnan, on the Hangrui Expressway, killing five people and injuring one. Ms. Yang, the family member of the victims, told The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) on February 26th that Baoshan traffic police had confirmed the responsibility of the accident on February 25th, and identified the truck driver Wei Moumou as fully responsible for the accident.

The Paper previously reported that Ms. Yang’s father and his five people went to Yunnan to ask for the project payment in the Spring Festival. After getting back more than 1.2 million yuan in cash, the five people returned to Chongqing in a Volkswagen car driven by Yang and suffered a car accident on the way.

The Letter of Confirmation of Road Traffic Accidents issued by the Second Brigade of the Traffic Police Detachment of Baoshan Public Security Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the Letter of Confirmation) shows that on the afternoon of February 8, Wei Moumou drove the Futian brand heavy-duty warehouse truck of Yun M35775 from mangshi to Baoshan along Hangrui Expressway, and when he reached the k2777-972 meters of Hangrui Expressway at 17: 35, A rear-end collision occurred with the Chongqing A89W76 Volkswagen sedan driven by Yang Moumou in front. After the collision, the two cars rolled over one after another, and in the process of sliding forward, they scraped a Wuling minibus in front. The Volkswagen sedan then caught fire, causing five people to die on the spot, some RMB and articles burned, and Su Mou, a passenger of Futian heavy-duty warehouse truck, was injured.

Road traffic accident certificate (part) Photo courtesy of the interviewee

According to the Letter of Confirmation, the registered owner of the truck was Wei Xiaofen, and the registered residence was Xinjie Freight Co., Ltd., Longyang District, Baoshan City, with an approved load of 19.5 tons. At the time of the incident, the cargo of the truck was 30 tons.

According to the "Certificate of Confirmation", Wei Moumou drove a vehicle whose parts did not meet the technical standards and whose load exceeded the approved load quality on the road. After discovering that the vehicle brake failed during driving, he failed to take timely measures to avoid danger, and still drove the vehicle that was out of control and drove at a high speed, which was the root cause of the accident and assumed full responsibility for the accident.

Ms. Yang and other families of the victims confirmed to The Paper that the cash of 677,210 yuan left at the scene of the accident had been distributed to them in proportion.

Ms. Yang said that she returned to Chongqing from Baoshan on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month (February 14th). At present, she is taking care of her poor mother while working, and the follow-up of the car accident has been entrusted to local lawyers in Baoshan.

The staff of the Traffic Police Detachment of Baoshan Public Security Bureau said on the 26th that Wei Moumou was suspected of traffic accidents and had been criminally detained by the public security organs according to law, and the case was being handled according to procedures.