At 9 a.m. on August 14, near Mingji hospital on Hexi street, Nanjing, an Internet taxi caught fire and hit a roadside flower bed. After the car burned, the driver jumped out of the car quickly. The accident caused burns to the driver and the death of a passenger in the back seat&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;
According to the witnesses at the scene, the time of the incident was about 9:20 a.m. a dark online car drove from west to East on Hexi street. When it reached the door of Mingji hospital, the car suddenly emitted thick smoke.
Just then, the driver's door suddenly opened, and the driver quickly jumped out of the car and slapped himself. " There should be a fire on his clothes, and the driver took off his clothes. " Witnesses said that although the driver got off, the car continued to drive forward until it hit the roadside flower bed.
The Internet taxi caught fire quickly and had no time to put out the fire. Soon, the fire and police rushed to the scene. Although the fire was controlled, the car burned to an empty shell.
After the incident, the staff of the insurance company revealed that the accident was not caused by vehicle collision, but because the bag carried by passengers exploded suddenly.
On August 14, Nanjing Public Security Bureau issued a police report, saying that it had found out the items carried by passengers.
At about 9:00 on August 14, 2019, a black online taxi drove to near the north gate of Mingji hospital, Hexi street, Jianye District. Suddenly there was a fire, the driver jumped out to fight the fire, the vehicle hit the roadside flower bed and stopped, and a passenger in the back seat died.
After investigation, passenger CAI (male, 68 years old, from Nanjing) was at the gate of a community on Huangshan Road, Jianye District at about 9 a.m. that day. He carried food in plastic bags in his left hand and lithium battery pack of electric vehicle to be repaired in his right hand. He took an online taxi driven by Zhou (male, 41 years old, from Nanjing). The vehicle drove for about six minutes to the place of the accident, and the back seat suddenly burst into smoke and fire. At present, the driver Zhou has burns on his back and left leg, and there is no life-threatening; Passenger Cai died on the spot.
The relevant situation is under further investigation.