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South China Morning Post
17-07-2025
- South China Morning Post
Chinese woman is disabled in car crash, lover disappears after pledging support
The boyfriend of a Chinese woman has shocked social media by abandoning her just three months after she was made paraplegic in a car accident for which he was primarily responsible. On April 5, the woman, surnamed Bai, 25, was travelling with her boyfriend, surnamed Zhang, and members of his family near a reservoir in Gansu province, northwestern China. Zhang was at the wheel and Bai was the front-seat passenger. Bai was in the front passenger seat when the car she was travelling in veered into the opposite lane. Photo: Douyin Tragedy struck when Zhang reportedly became distracted while making a right turn, causing his car to swerve into the oncoming lane and collide head-on with a truck. His car also hit a smaller vehicle behind the truck. Police later determined that Zhang was primarily responsible because he had violated traffic laws by driving into the opposite lane, while the truck driver bore secondary responsibility. Zhang and his family only suffered minor injuries, but Bai's were catastrophic. She suffered spinal cord damage and multiple fractures, leading to paraplegia.
RNZ News
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Film follows paraplegic former kayak instructor's journey
A new film Riverbound - The story has just begun follows a former professional kayak instructor, now paraplegic, as he takes to the water for the first time since an accident left him paralysed from the waist down. The subject of the film, known simply as "Yak", had his life-changing accident six years ago. The twelve minute short shows him packrafting through wild rapids on the Upper Buller Gorge with a big smile beamed across his face as he takes to the water once again. The film has its world premiere and is a finalist at the NZ Mountain Film Festival in Wanaka, Queenstown in June, and online throughout July. Kathryn is joined by filmmakers Deane Parker and Dylan Gerschwitz, plus Yak himself, to tell us about the wild ride he's been on. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
