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What if it was in USA? Would trucking company have to shoulder the blame??
Driver who collapsed bridge with overloaded truck sent $25MILLION ticket « News and Views | Express yourself on the most happening community online
A Chinese truck driver managed to collapse a bridge after driving his overloaded lorry across it, leaving him with a $25 million bill for the repair work.
The man named locally as Mr Zhang was driving a truck filled with sand, that weighed so much, the concrete bridge he was crossing collapsed.
According to Mr Zhang’s local government, blame has been placed solely on him, meaning he has to pay for the repairs – a whopping $25 million.
The China Car Times said: ‘On July 19th of last year, a 34-year-old trucker who has only been named Mr Zhang by Chinese media sources was trucking sand across the outskirts of Beijing.
‘His 110 ton truck caused a bridge to collapse. After a year long investigation the courts have come to the decision that the blame is solely on Mr Zhang’s shoulders due to his overloading ways, My Zhang’s defense 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 the bailiffs will have a hard time collecting.
Driver who collapsed bridge with overloaded truck sent $25MILLION ticket « News and Views | Express yourself on the most happening community online
A Chinese truck driver managed to collapse a bridge after driving his overloaded lorry across it, leaving him with a $25 million bill for the repair work.
The man named locally as Mr Zhang was driving a truck filled with sand, that weighed so much, the concrete bridge he was crossing collapsed.
According to Mr Zhang’s local government, blame has been placed solely on him, meaning he has to pay for the repairs – a whopping $25 million.
The China Car Times said: ‘On July 19th of last year, a 34-year-old trucker who has only been named Mr Zhang by Chinese media sources was trucking sand across the outskirts of Beijing.
‘His 110 ton truck caused a bridge to collapse. After a year long investigation the courts have come to the decision that the blame is solely on Mr Zhang’s shoulders due to his overloading ways, My Zhang’s defense 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 the bailiffs will have a hard time collecting.
