Traffic police to begin carrying guns on patrol

Henan

Girl dies after novice driver hits gas pedal

A 43-year-old novice driver lost control of a car and hit six people, including a 12-year-old girl, who died later in a hospital, Dahe News reported. The driver said he was trying to avoid a pedestrian and mistakenly stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. Police detained him.

Illegally kept sika deer caught on city street

A sika deer kept illegally by a restaurant in Zhengzhou escaped on Saturday and ran along a street before stopping at a garden, Dahe News reported. The deer was eventually caught by a wild animal protection center using an anesthetic dart and taken to the center. Police said the restaurant is under investigation.

Shanxi

House collapse kills 3, seriously injures 2

A house undergoing reconstruction in Taiyuan collapsed and killed three people on Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday. The accident occurred at about 6:30 pm on Sunday as a crew worked to add a fourth floor to the three-story house of a farmer named Wang Yusheng. Firefighters rescued 15 workers from the collapsed home. Three died, and two were seriously injured.