Chapter 285 – Disappointment! (1/2)

Hit and run accident…

The victim is Chief Dong’s mother…

The Traffic Department does not need to wait for any instructions from Dong Xuebing and had started investigations. Although it’s already after working hours, the Traffic Officers still managed to contact the person-in-charge of the CCTV to get the recordings of the roads around the shopping mall at the time of the accident. This is not Beijing, and the cameras did not cover all the roads. The road where the accident occurred is not the main road, and there are no CCTVs there. The Traffic Department can only check the footage of nearby roads and check all the cars passing through the area. They also assigned a few officers to collect evidence at the scene and look out for witnesses.

Ring, ring, ring… Dong Xuebing’s phone in his pocket rang.

Dong Xuebing answered. “Chief Liang.”

“… How’s your mother?” Liang Chengpeng asked.

“Her condition is stabilized for now and is on the drip.”

“Good. Don’t be anxious. I had already increased the manpower to investigate this case, and I believe we will get some clues very soon.” Liang Chengpeng is concerned about this case and immediately calls for investigation when he heard about it. He even ordered to seal the junction for investigation. Dong Xuebing had offended many people and is working for Public Security. Liang Chengpeng does not rule out the possibility of revenge, and he must find the culprit at all costs!

After hanging up, Dong Xuebing returns to the ward and saw Luan Xiaoping on the bed. He walked over and held her hand. “Why are you still awake?”

Luan Xiaoping replied. “I can’t sleep. Have you all found the driver?”

Dong Xuebing replied angrily. “Not yet. Mum, can you tell me what happened?”

Luan Xiaoping thought for a while and sighed. “After leaving your apartment, I went to the shopping mall to buy yarn. I should have left the mall earlier, but I met a student’s parent and chatted with her. It was after 8 pm. after I bought the yarn, and I walked along the road towards the west to catch a bus back. When I was about to cross that side road, a car appeared behind me. I did not expect that car to hit me because the car is traveling at a very slow speed. But when I reached the junction of that side road and the main road, the car behind me passed me and turned right.”

Dong Xuebing asked. “Did he knock into you heads on?”

“It’s not knocking into me heads on. The back of the car brushed against me.”

“How did the back of the car brush against you?”

“I did not notice that car. I saw the traffic lights are about to change and I ran faster to cross the road. But the car behind me also sped up to turn and brushed against my hand and made me fall.” Luan Xiaoping thinks back on the accident. “That car did not stop, and I did not see the license plate because of the trees and bushes.”

“No.” Luan Xiaoping shook her head. “It should be an accident.”

“Accident? If it is an accident, why didn’t the driver stop the car after knocking into someone? He didn’t even alight from the car.” Dong Xuebing was also worried that this incident might be an act of revenge against him. “What color is that car?”

“I remember it should… be black.”

“Do you know the brand of the car?”

“I don’t know and didn’t see it.”

After understanding how the accident happens, Dong Xuebing felt it should not be an act of revenge. If the driver wanted to knock his mother, he should have hit her heads on, and not hitting her with the back of the car while turning. But even if it is an accident, Dong Xuebing was still furious. How can the driver drive off after hitting someone? Luckily Dong Xuebing’s mother is not seriously injured. If she was left bleeding and the driver did not call for an ambulance, his mother might die!

F**k!

You just wait!

Dong Xuebing left the hospital and drove to the County’s Public Security Bureau.

Most of the offices in the Bureau were dark as it’s after office hours, and only a few rooms were still brightly lit. Dong Xuebing walked up the stairs to the Command Center. He opened the door and saw a Deputy Office Director and a few officers working seriously inside. Chief Liang Chengpeng was also there. All of them were staring at a few CCTV footage on a monitor.

“Chief Liang.” Dong Xuebing walks over.

Liang Chengpeng turned. “Chief Dong, you are just in time.”

“The car had been found?” Dong Xuebing brightens up. “What car is it?”

An officer replied. “From the tire marks and witnesses’ description, there are three cars that fit the description. We checked the cars, and from the CCTV footage, we narrowed down to one car.” He points to the monitor. “Here. This is the car.” It was a CCTV footage of a black car passing a junction, and the make of that car is a Toyota Reiz.

Toyota? Dong Xuebing was stunned.

“This is the number plate.” The officer enlarged the picture to show the license plate number.

Dong Xuebing was furious. It is those Japanese delegations’ car!

“Can we confirm this is the car involved in the hit and run accident?” Liang Chengpeng asked.

The officer replied. “It should be this car that had knocked into someone.”

The officer played another clearer footage, and they can see the driver. It’s the same driver that had got into an accident and beat up the driver of the other car. Dong Xuebing clenched his fist. This group of bastards! I still have not settled the score for what happened in the evening, and now you knock my mother down? The Traffic Officer had warned him not to drive with an expired driving license, and he ignored the warnings. He continued to drive and even got involved in a hit and run accident! This is a blatant disregard of the law!

Dong Xuebing turned and was about to go off.

“Xiao Dong. Come back!” Liang Chengpeng stopped him. “Calm down.”

Dong Xuebing turns and looks at Liang Chengpeng. “How am I going to remain calm?! My mother was almost killed!”

“What can you do even if you go there? Arrest and bring him back? Your mother is not seriously injured, and the driver can only be sentenced to a minimum of three years and up to a maximum of seven years when the victim is seriously injured or dead. But don’t worry. We will not let him off.” Liang Chengpeng immediately ordered the officer beside him. “Go to the hotel where the Japanese site visit team is staying and check their vehicle. We must confirm it is that Toyota that got into an accident.”

“Yes, Sir.” The Officers replied.

Dong Xuebing suppressed his anger. “Chief Liang!”

“Wait for the investigation with me here.”

“The facts are all pointing to them. What’s the point of waiting here?”

Liang Chengpeng is worried Dong Xuebing will be rash. “What if we got the wrong vehicle? Don’t be anxious. Officers will let us know the result very soon!”

Liang Chengpeng knows the seriousness of this incident. This incident is different from the minor traffic accident in the evenings. Driving off after knocking someone down is no longer a civil dispute. It is chargeable in courts, and the people involved in the family member of one of the County’s Government leaders and the Japanese site visit team. These made this incident more sensitive, and to be safe, Liang Chengpeng called Party Secretary Xiang Daofa to inform him.