On October 29, 2021, the Dalian Intermediate People's Court publicly sentenced the defendant Liu Dong to endanger public safety by dangerous methods, and sentenced the defendant Liu Dong to death and deprived of political rights for life.
The case was prosecuted by the People's Procuratorate of Dalian City, Liaoning Province on September 16, 2021.
The Dalian Intermediate People's Court opened a public hearing on October 13, 2021.
The investigation found that at about 11:40 on May 22, 2021, when the defendant Liu Dong drove his BMW car along the Wuhui Route in Zhongshan District, he suddenly accelerated the vehicle and deliberately rushed because he could not accept the reality of investment failure. Running a red light rammed a number of pedestrians who were crossing the zebra crossing at the North Gate of Labor Park, Wuhui Road, causing four victims to die on the spot. One victim died on the same day, and eight victims were injured to varying degrees.
After that, Liu Dong drove on to the intersection of Wuhui Road and Jiefang Road, rear-ending a van, causing damage to the truck.
Then Liu Dong abandoned the car and fled the scene of the crime.
At 13:00 that day, Liu Dong went to the Kunming Street Police Station and claimed that he had a rear-end collision with someone else’s vehicle, but he did not admit the fact that he drove and hit someone. After the public security agency determined that he was a suspect in the case, he confessed after interrogation. Crime facts.
The Dalian Intermediate People’s Court held that the defendant Liu Dong ignored the law and deliberately endangered public safety in dangerous ways, causing serious consequences such as five deaths, multiple injuries, and loss of other people’s property. His actions violated the lives of an unspecified number of people. Health and property safety constitute the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means.
Due to the failure of his own investment, Liu Dong vented his emotions in an extreme way. He drove up on public roads in the central area of the city, deliberately rushed through red lights, and rammed into a large number of pedestrians crossing the road on the sidewalk, causing many deaths, injuries and other property losses, and social harm It is extremely serious and the social impact is extremely bad, so he was sentenced to death in accordance with the law and deprived of political rights for life.
The court also made a judgment in accordance with the law on the claims of the plaintiff in the attached civil lawsuit.
Part of the city’s people’s congress representatives, members of the CPPCC and the public attended the trial.