Friday, February 18, 2011

'Safety' wall built across motorway

Road officials who built a wall across a 70mph motorway at night without warning motorists are being sued by crash victims.

The five feet high wall - which had no lights or signs - had been built to protect road repairers working further down the highway. But officials are facing an inquiry after dozens of cars slammed into the wall in Xian, Shaanxi province, western China, without realising it was there.



Survivor Zou Tieqin, 42, said: "I had my family in the car and I suddenly saw the wall in my headlights. I braked but it was too late and I went straight through.

"We were saved by our airbags but when we got out of the car we saw lots of other vehicles piling in. Some weren't so lucky. The people responsible cannot get away with this and we are demanding compensation," he added.

But far from apologising - workers kept rebuilding the wall every time it was hit - saying they had put lights up but they had been stolen.

4 comments:

TheToiletDuck said...

Whoa! i know that wall. Our bus driver took a wrong turn towards it when i was on holiday in China.

What a coincidence.

L said...

How stupid can you get?

Do they not have traffic cones in China? I'm sure most traffic cones are made in China... Maybe they need to keep some for themselves instead of exporting them all!

WordyGrrl said...

I'm guessing the wall was there because local drivers didn't respect traffic cones.

Anonymous said...

It just happens because its China. Stupidity is their main personality...