On November 5, reporters learned from people familiar with the matter that the "Maserati Collision with BMW Case" in Yongcheng, Henan, which has attracted widespread public attention, will be heard by Yongcheng People's Court on November 6 after the adjournment on January 16. The Shangqiu Municipal Intermediate People's Court announced the verdict. The person said that the relatives of the three victims and the three defendants have reached a settlement on the civil compensation part.
Regarding this matter, relevant staff of Shangqiu Intermediate Court told reporters that any news will be announced through the official platform.
previously reported that at around 19:00 on July 3, 2019, the defendants Tan Mingming, Liu Songtao, and Zhang Xiaoqu went to a barbecue restaurant in Yongcheng City to have dinner and drink. After the dinner, Xu Zhang Xiaoqu called the driver at 22:22. Before the driver arrived, Tan Mingming drove a Maserati Levante off-road vehicle with the license plate "Henan NE5S55" and drove Liu Songtao and Zhang Xiaoqu away along several streets in Yongcheng City. Driving on a road, after continuously colliding with six cars parked on the side of the road, Tan Mingming also collided with a Trumpchi car coming from the opposite side and a Volkswagen Sagitar parked on the side of the road. Tan Mingming was injured because of his car. Unable to pass, we had to stop.
The owner of the car that was hit and the surrounding people came forward to persuade him. Liu Songtao and Zhang Xiaoqu asked Tan Mingming to leave as soon as possible. Tan Mingming ignored the people's persuasion and forced to drive away. When he arrived at the intersection of Dongwai Ring Road and Yongxing Road, he rear-ended the "Henan N0182L" BMW sedan waiting at the red light at high speed, causing the BMW sedan to catch fire. Ge Baojing and Jia Wenhua were killed on the spot in the car. , driver Wang Traffic was seriously injured. Tan Mingming, Liu Songtao, and Zhang Xiaoqu were arrested on the spot by the public security department.
On January 16 this year, the "Yongcheng Maserati Collision with BMW Case" was held in public. The public prosecution agency believes that the defendant Tan Mingming ignored the persuasion after his drunk driving accident and caused serious casualties and property losses. The defendants Liu Songtao and Zhang Xiaoqu even knew that Tan Mingming was drunk and had a traffic accident, but they still instigated him to escape. Leading to more serious adverse effects, the personal actions of the three defendants all constituted the crime of endangering public safety.
At the end of the court hearing on January 16, due to the seriousness of the case, the court announced an optional judgment.
Previously, regarding the Weibo hot search "Tan Mingming, the main criminal in the Maserati case in Yongcheng, Shangqiu, Henan, bought his life for 26 million," on October 12, the Shangqiu Intermediate People's Court stated that this was a false rumor.
On November 5, regarding the actual amount of compensation paid by the defendant to the victim's relatives, the above-mentioned insider told reporters that "it is definitely not as much as 26 million," but the actual amount is not yet available to disclose. The reporter called the relatives of the three victims several times but received no response.
