KARACHI: A Chinese driver whose overloaded truck collapsed a bridge near Beijing gets a bill for $25 million for the repair work.
The driver, named by Chinese media only as Mr. Zhang, was driving a truck filled with sand
which was so overloaded that the concrete bridge collapsed when he took his lorry across it.
His 110 ton truck caused a bridge to collapse.
The local government near Beijing has solely blamed Mr. Zhang for the damage and has sent him the bill to pay for the repairs.
The heavy bridge will cost £15.74million to repair and the local government is expecting the
driver to pay it all.
They say it was his fault that he had put too much sand in his truck last summer and that he
must now pay the price for his actions.
On July 19th of last year, a 34-year-old trucker was tucking sand across the outskirts of
Beijing.
After a yearlong police investigation the courts have come to the decision that the blame is
solely on Mr. Zhang's shoulders due to his overloading ways, Mr. Zhang's defence so far
seems to be that he was just doing what he was told by the trucking company.
“It’s unclear how, or even if, Mr. Zhang is able to pay his 156 million RMB but we suspect
that the bailiffs will have a hard time collecting,” Chinese media reported.
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