[08:05 Zhengzhou Station]
Sisters could not wake up her brother
Based on the saying of two sisters of the dead, his name is Zhang Xiaoping, 48 years old, had a 10+ years’ history of epilepsy and recurred every year. The siblings got on the train in early morning yester in Hubei, and planned to visit Beijing. 08:05, after train left Zhengzhou station, sister Zhang Xiaowen tried to wake up her brother to have breakfast. According to her description, her brother was lying on bed at that time, “feet became hard, chest feels hot and his mouth was matted with blood. Couldn’t wake him up by every mean.”
According to the chief conductor, they reported to Nanchang railway station immediately and contacted 120, planning to transfer the patient at next stop Henan Xinxiang.
[08:13 Xinxiang Station]
Train restarted when the patient was about to be moved out
The train stopped at Xinxiang at 8:13. According to the description staff at Xinxiang station, after the chief conductor reporting the situation, local 120 ambulances hurried to the station and kept waiting at No.1 platform.
Zhang’s sisters recalled that they lost their presence of mind, until train stopped. They tried to lift brother out under the assistance of a passenger and a vehicle police.” Train restarted when we were approaching the door!” said by Zhang Xiaowen,”brother’s bed was in the middle of the compartment, 4\5 meters away from the exit door”
About this, the staff of Xinxiang station explained, after the train had stopped at their station for 7 minutes, their signal tower did not receive any information asking them to extend standing time.
[09:20 Anyang Station]
The man had passed away for more than one hour
The chief conductor explained the train left Xinxiang at 08:20. Originally the next stop is Handan, but after they sent request to Anyang station, they were about to stop there one hour later, ”there are some small station between Anyang and Xinxiang, but ambulances can’t drive there, so it’s meaningless to stop”.
Unfortunately, when they finally got the patient out of the train, local 120 first-aid persons claimed he has been dead for more than one hour…
Arguments
Chinese netizens associate this news with another one that had similar situation, but with very different results. On 22 August 2008, No.2220 train temporary stopped for one minute to help 7 Japanese passengers catch up their flight, and informed local police to pick them up and head direct for air station, even the Japanese praised “No other country in the world will do that (for us)”.
Some netizens complained that if the passenger was a foreigner, he would have a big chance to survive, because the Train system always provide foreigners with services that are superior than local citizens. Foreigners’ life value (or even time value) worths much more than the Chinese people’s.
