China Daily (Hong Kong)

Driver’s accidental crash into hospital

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A driver who mistakenly stepped on his accelerato­r, instead of the brakes, plowed his car into a hospital building in Nanling this month, seriously damaging both the vehicle and a hospital wall. No injures were reported, as the driver was saved by the car’s airbags. His mother, who was sitting in the back seat, also escaped injury. After an investigat­ion, police ordered the driver to take full responsibi­lity for the accident. He not only has to cover repairs to his car, but was also told to pay compensati­on for the A dog that jumps into a river to retrieve discarded plastic bottles is being hailed as an environmen­tal champion in Suzhou. The brown dog grabs the bottles in his mouth, between 20 and 30 a day, and swims with them to the river bank. His feats often attract scores of appreciati­ve onlookers. The canine is estimated to have retrieved more than 2,000 abandoned bottles from the river in the past decade.

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