What's wrong with the driver?!
It's a chilling moment that a Peugeot lost control and smashed to the pedestrian road crashing three students who were waiting to cross the street at Domodedovo on the outskirts of Moscow on Monday evening.
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What's wrong with the driver?!
The female driver can be seen being shocked to move when seeing the three lying on the road.
Denis, one of the teenagers, said at hospital, "The car hit us and threw me for at least five metres. All three of us were hit. We are alive."
"His furious parents insisted on a second X-ray which showed double fractures," she said. "My son is still at the treatment room, so I don't know how badly he was hurt. What kind of doctors are here that they can miss such injuries?"
One witness described the incident as the biggest miracle of the day.
The terrifying process has been captured by a CCTV and three teenagers were fortunately survived after the Peugeot 307 rammed into the pavement, hurling them in the air.
Two of the victims aged 17 and the other 18. All suffered multiple fractures and two have head injuries.
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The female driver can be seen being shocked to move when seeing the three lying on the road.
A police source said,"Looking at the impact it is a miracle the three teenagers were not killed."
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Denis, one of the teenagers, said at hospital, "The car hit us and threw me for at least five metres. All three of us were hit. We are alive."
The mother of another teenage Danil, Viktoria Novikova blamed the hosiptal that they didn't find the obvious fractures from one of his son's friend, Vladimir.
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"His furious parents insisted on a second X-ray which showed double fractures," she said. "My son is still at the treatment room, so I don't know how badly he was hurt. What kind of doctors are here that they can miss such injuries?"
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One witness described the incident as the biggest miracle of the day.
Three of them are still receiving treatment and wait to recover while the driver has not been identified.
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BEIJING (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Beijing Monday to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic partner China amid Moscow’s grinding war against Ukraine and an ongoing effort to align their foreign policies against the U.S. and its allies.
The two continent-sized authoritarian states, increasingly in dispute with democracies and NATO, seek to gain influence in Africa, the Middle East and South America. China has backed Russia’s claim that President Vladimir Putin launched his assault in 2022 because of Western provocations, without producing any solid evidence.
Russian state news agency Tass said the ministers would “discuss the situation in Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific region, issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction in the international arena,” quoting Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
Zakharova posted a photo on social media site Telegram showing Lavrov meeting with counterpart Wang Yi but gave no information of the content of their discussions. China's Foreign Ministry and state media had no immediate reports about the talks.
Lavrov arrived in China on Monday on an official visit that will last until Tuesday. Wang has visited Russia during the conflict in Ukraine and maintained China's line of not dubbing the Russian war in Ukraine an invasion.
China has at times taken an equally combative tone against the U.S. and its allies. China and Russia have held joint military drills, and are seen as seeking to supplant democracies with dictatorships in areas where they wield influence.
Despite its clear backing of Russia in the Ukraine war, China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters Monday that “China has an objective and fair position on the Ukraine issue.”
“We have been actively promoting peace talks and political solutions. China is not a creator or party to the Ukraine crisis, and we have not and will not do anything to profit from it,” Mao told reporters at a daily briefing.
China has also said it wasn't providing Russia with arms or military assistance, although it has maintained robust economic connections with Moscow, alongside India and other countries.
Just weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin visited Beijing for the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics and the sides signed a pact pledging a “no limits” relationship that has China supporting Russia's line, even while formally urging peace talks.
“We have always controlled the export of dual-use items in accordance with the law,” Mao said, referring to industrial items that can be used for both industrial or military purposes, such as drones.
“The relevant country should not smear or attack the normal relations between China and Russia,” Mao said. “The relevant country” was a reference to the U.S., Russia and China’s chief geopolitical rival.
In a phone call last week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, U.S. President Joseph Biden pressed China over its defense relationship with Russia, which is seeking to rebuild its industrial base as it continues its invasion of Ukraine. And he called on Beijing to wield its influence over North Korea to rein in the isolated and erratic nuclear power.
Adding to the tension between the two countries, U.S. lawmakers generated new legislation that would ban TikTok, the popular social media application, if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stakes in the platform within six months of the bill’s enactment.
Lawmakers are concerned Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over data on the 170 million Americans who use TikTok.
All Chinese firms, especially those in the social media sphere, are obligated to hand over user data to the government.
Lavrov's visit also coincides with the U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who on Monday wrapped up four days of talks with Chinese officials and said in Beijing they had “difficult conversations” about national security, including American concerns that Chinese companies are supporting Russia in its war in Ukraine.
Yellen also said the Biden administration will push China to change an industrial policy that poses a threat to U.S. jobs.
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service on Monday, April 8, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their meeting in Beijing, China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic ally China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service on Monday, April 8, 2024, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, walks from the plane upon his arrival in Beijing, China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is visiting Beijing to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic ally China amid Moscow's grinding war against Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
