Tuesday, October 18, 2011
She's still hanging on in there: Little girl who was ignored by 18 people after being run over twice is now fighting for life
This is the critically injured toddler who is fighting for her life after she was run over twice and ignored by passers-by in China. If you missed the video, click here.
Yue Yue, two, remains in a coma after the horrific incident was captured on surveillance camera in a narrow street in Foshan city, Guandong province.
After days of treatment, the little girl has regained the ability to take weak breaths with the help of a respirator and some feeling in her arms, according to China Daily.
Her heart beat has also stabilised, but her life remains in danger and there are concerns she may have suffered extensive brain damage.
Video of the shocking moment she was hit by a car and then ignored by more than a dozen people who walked or drove past her as she lay in the street has sparked outrage in China and the world.
Both drivers who ran her over had been arrested, but internet users have flooded microblogs over the apathy of the people who left her to die.
The two men, along with people who left her on the road, claimed not to have seen the little girl in the 'dark' street.
Chinese media reports that one of the men had allegedly just broken up with his girlfriend and was on his mobile phone when he hit the girl.

