A hungry delivery man was beaten to death by security guards in Xiantao, Hubei
China’s economy has been hit hard by the outbreak of the epidemic last year, and many unemployed people have become “riders” of the family. However, the delivery platform is quite harsh on delivery time and other rules, resulting in repeated violations of traffic rules by delivery workers. In addition, in order to deliver meals on time without deducting wages, the conflict between the takeaway and community security has also broken out frequently. 2 January, Hubei Xiantao City, a hungry takeaway in the delivery of meals out of the community, a conflict with the security guards, was beaten by security guards with sticks, the takeaway then collapsed and sent to the hospital died.
On January 4, Xiantao City Public Security Bureau issued a police report, said late on January 2, Hubei Xiantao New City One District, Phase V entrance occurred in a criminal case. 43-year-old hungry delivery man for entering and leaving the district and the security guards clashed, the delivery man fell to the ground and died after being sent to the hospital. Cell security, 55-year-old Liu is now in custody.
According to Ms. Wang, a witness at the scene, late at night on January 2, hungry takeaway delivery, from the door of the five out of the district was stopped by the security guards. The security guards asked the takeaway from other exits out of the community, the two sides had a verbal altercation. Then the conflict escalated, the security guard with a baton similar to the batons towards the head of the delivery man, the delivery man fell to the ground.
Ms. Huo, the wife of the delivery man, said that night had received a phone call from her husband that he was injured, and then the phone suddenly lost its voice, to the scene to find her husband on the ground, helmet are cracked. On New Year’s Day, Dumou ran more than 80 single, happy to say that this month can earn more than 10,000 yuan. Ms. Huo said her husband’s gentle personality to do serious work, has urged him to eat this bowl of rice to support the family to bear the temper.
Ms. Huo also said that Du is the backbone of the family, 43 years old, in April this year to join the hungry, in order to make more money, he mainly in the night to send take-out. His encounter makes the family sad, the family would like to know the full story, but also hope that hungry to intervene to deal with the aftermath of the matter.
Xiantao City Public Security Bureau has not yet informed the case further progress, said Du’s cause of death is doing further pathological research.
Since last year, with the expansion of the take-out army, the encounter of take-out riders is also increasingly concerned, these riders are described as making money with their lives.
At about 2 p.m. on September 19 last year, a delivery driver rushed upstairs to deliver food in a small area of the masses in Fuzhou’s Taijiang District, and suddenly stepped out of the way while trotting all the way downstairs, then rolled down the stairs, hitting his head hard on the floor and rolling in front of his car. Nearby residents heard a loud noise rushed out to check, and found the delivery man fell to the ground, mouth and nose gushing blood, and lost consciousness. The delivery man died after being taken to the hospital.
The whole process was captured on the surveillance camera. The delivery man took off his helmet and drank a sip of water before rushing upstairs, and the whole process was very rushed.
In early September 2020, People magazine published an article on “Delivery riders trapped in the system”. The lengthy article cut through the description of each delivery boy’s day to let the public see how difficult it is for a delivery guy. This includes being charged for overtime delivery, constantly running red lights and speeding in order to grab time, facing a variety of customers, and not earning a high income. The article has triggered a domino effect on the internet, with many netizens saying they didn’t know the delivery profession was so hard. The public opinion also called on the takeaway operating companies to adjust their systems and not sacrifice the safety of the takeaway riders simply for the sake of efficiency.
The incident also sparked a lot of debate among netizens. Some people said: “This is to take the delivery boy improper people? The reasoning is not good? Take a stick on how much revenge to fight?” The company’s main goal is to provide a high level of compensation to hungry people, and the system designed by you and Meituan is the last straw that crushes the delivery staff”, “delivery boys are not in a hurry to find the exit, there will not be a big conflict, it is all interlocking ah”, “originally thought that during the epidemic to find the exit. “The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.
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