Hit-and-run

A MAN driving under the influence of alcohol was caught four hours after fleeing the scene of an accident that injured two people in Nanshan District on Aug. 22.

At 11:17 p.m., a car driven by the man surnamed Wang collided with an electric bike on Baishi Road, leaving an elderly woman lying on the ground with serious injuries. Three witnesses called police and they caught Wang in his apartment four hours later. A test showed Wang’s blood alcohol content had reached 104 mg per 100 ml, higher than the legal limit of 80 mg per 100 ml of drunk driving.

Wang claimed he hadn’t noticed hitting someone, as it was raining heavily and the visibility was poor, adding that when his car bounced he had thought it was a pothole.

Wang has been criminally detained.

Passport renewal

LOCAL residents who want to renew their passports don’t need to provide copies of their original passports or related certificates, starting from yesterday, according to a notice of the Exit and Entry Department of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau.

Didi driver fined

A DRIVER with Didi Chuxing, a major car-hailing app in the country, was fined 6,000 yuan (US$880) and had 12 penalty points added to his license for covering his vehicle license plate to illegally pick up passengers at the terrace of the departure hall at the Shenzhen airport.

He was also suspended from driving for six months.

Drivers are required to exit the terrace within three minutes when dropping off passengers and banned from picking up passengers there, according to the rules of the Shenzhen airport which was aimed at relieving the chaotic traffic situation and reducing the risk of accidents.