Ofo refusal reprimanded

THE city’s traffic police publicly reprimanded an app-based bike company for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into an accident caused by a bike rider.

A woman, who wasn’t identified, was riding an ofo bike when she knocked down another woman surnamed Jia, 57, who was walking out of a bus stop on Shennan Boulevard in Futian District on May 27. Jia suffered a rib fracture and bruises all over her body, but the suspect fled from the scene, leaving the bike there.

The operator refused to provide information about the user and denied that an ofo bike was involved in the accident.

Police are investigating.

75 people fined

A TOTAL of 75 people were fined in three hours Tuesday for trespassing on the tramline areas to take a shortcut across the road instead of using the crosswalk, jaywalking, and driving through lights and illegally turning left, posing a threat to the trams.

The trams, which are under test operation, will be put into use at the end of June.

AED installation

THE city will purchase 100 sets of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) this year and put them in public places to rescue people who suddenly suffer from heart arrest, the city’s health commission said in a letter responding to the suggestions of lawmakers.

Statistics showed that 2,058 people died of heart arrest in Shenzhen in 2015 and at this year’s annual session of the people’s congress, lawmakers suggested installing AEDs in public areas to prevent such tragedies from happening.

The health commission said the city had planned to purchase 5,000 AEDs between 2016 and 2020 and train 50,000 care takers.