Didi responds to "driver’s violent resistance to law and driving escape": cooperate with police investigation

  China News Service, June 14. On June 13, during the law enforcement inspection process, Shanghai Yiwang car-hailing broke through the customs and escaped, causing four injuries. The Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps urgently interviewed Didi about the case on the 14th. Didi responded that it actively cooperated with the police to investigate the perpetrators. Staff have been dispatched to the hospital and will advance all medical expenses and arrange accommodation for the families of the injured.

  Didi said that yesterday morning (June 13), a Didi driver in Shanghai lost control of his nervousness while evading transportation management law enforcement, and his car rammed into transportation management staff and passers-by, causing multiple injuries, one of which was seriously injured.

  After the incident, Didi immediately set up an emergency working team and dispatched staff to the hospital at noon yesterday to go all out to do a good job in the rescue of the injured, including paying all medical expenses in advance, arranging accommodation for the families of the injured, etc. Everything is to treat the injured as the first priority. At the same time, Didi has been actively cooperating with the police to investigate the perpetrators.

  Didi expressed that it is very sad and sorry for this unfortunate incident. Under any circumstances, safety is an untouchable red line, and Didi resolutely resists and condemns any behavior that ignores the safety of others.

  According to the official WeChat news of the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission, on the morning of June 13, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps and Jing’an Traffic Police were conducting law enforcement inspections at the intersection of Zhenning Road, Yan’an West Road. An illegal online car-hailing car escaped, causing four people to be injured in the process. After investigation, the white BYD car of the escape car "Shanghai AF08630" was registered on the Didi platform in May 2018, but neither the driver Hao nor the car had the qualifications to engage in online car-hailing business.

  On the afternoon of the 13th, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps launched an investigation into the driver Hao’s unauthorized operation of taxis. The driver will face a fine of 10,000 yuan and a penalty of temporarily withholding the motor vehicle driver’s license for three months. In response to the Shanghai branch of Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd. providing ride-hailing information services for drivers and vehicles who do not have the qualification to operate, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps has also filed an investigation, and the platform company will face an administrative penalty of 100,000 yuan. In addition, the public security department will further investigate the driver’s suspected violent resistance to the law and other behaviors.

  On the morning of June 14, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission Law Enforcement Corps will urgently interview Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch on this case.