Chinese couple bury woman alive

[Saint in Paradise]

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a young couple who buried an old woman alive believing she was dead after their

car hit the 68-year-old, newspapers said on Thursday, in a case which has sparked outrage over declining public morality.

 

The couple had been at an all-night karaoke session when they hit the woman while driving in the early hours of the morning in the

wealthy eastern province of Zhejiang last month, the official China Daily said.

 

"A witness said he heard someone crying and saw an elderly woman lying on the ground near (the car)," it cited a policeman as saying.

 

"A man and a woman got out and put the elderly woman in the car, saying they would send her to hospital."

 

But, worried about being arrested for drunk driving and causing the accident and believing she was no longer alive, they buried her

near the side of the road, the report added.

 

However, when police later found the woman's body they discovered she was still alive when she was buried, and had then suffocated

to death, the paper said.

 

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[ART]

Really horrific story but I'm certain hundreds more have ended up in similar circumstances. Typical panic reaction from today's youth in China. The one child policy has resorted in a generation of uncaring, unscrupulous and ruthless persons. My greatest fear is when they reach positions of authority and power. Hopefully we shan't be around to suffer the results