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a mother and her two children were killed in the lusong bridge accident in zhuzhou, hunan. the children were a pair of 7-year-old twins.

2024-09-24

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jimu news reporters tang jiayan, zhan ying, and xie mao

at 7:36 a.m. on september 23, a traffic accident involving multiple vehicles occurred at the east end of lusong bridge in lusong district, zhuzhou city. a white car was rear-ended by a taxi and then lost control and drove into the opposite lane, colliding with multiple vehicles, killing six people and injuring seven.

jimu news visited the scene and learned that among the victims were a mother and her children, including a mother and a pair of 7-year-old twins. she was doing business with her children at a vegetable market near lusong bridge.

in the early hours of september 24, a family member of the victim told jimu news that the relatives who died in the accident were a pair of 7-year-old twins and their mother. the family usually did business at the hejia local vegetable market near lusong bridge, and the husband of the female victim opened a beef shop. the night before the accident, he was still having a dinner with the children's family, and everyone was having a good time. he said that the two children often went to the alley near the store to play, jumping and jumping, which was very cute, but he didn't expect to never see them again. after the accident, "the whole family was in chaos, and my brother-in-law was numb from crying."

at around 9 am on september 24, a jimu news reporter saw at the vegetable market that the beef shop run by the victim's husband was less than 20 square meters and had closed down.

another beef merchant, mr. zhang, told reporters that the twin boys were very cute and had just started primary school this year. the accident happened on the way to school that day. they were very sorry to hear about it. the children's parents and grandparents run a beef wholesale store in the market, mainly doing wholesale and retail.

mr. zhang introduced that because wholesale in the vegetable market needs to be done very early, he usually goes to purchase goods at around 5 am, while the twins' parents and their family need to start slaughtering, cutting and transporting at around 2 am.

"this business is actually quite difficult, it's just hard-earned money." mr. zhang said that after he opened a shop in the market, he almost always bought goods from the twins' parents. it has been seven or eight years now. the cooperation between the two parties has always been very pleasant, and the other party treats them well, whether as friends or business partners.

another stall owner nearby told reporters that yesterday morning it was the mother who rode an electric bike to take her two children to school. not long after, she heard the news of the accident. the husband cried, locked the shop and left, never to return.

"we are old neighbors. i watched them get married and have children," the stall owner told reporters. the woman who died just turned 30 this year. she was young, beautiful, gentle and easy to get along with. her husband runs a beef shop in the vegetable market. he gets up early and goes to bed late, often setting up his stall before 4 a.m. he has been doing business for more than ten years, and his business is getting bigger and bigger with integrity. "we often joke that he has the best business in this market." the parents of the woman who died also set up a stall to sell side dishes in the vegetable market and help take care of the children. the family is happy and the twins are also very cute and have just entered the first grade. "such cute children, it's a pity," said the stall owner.