Weeping mother holds her unconscious son in the street after a valve plummeted on his head

Weeping mother holds her unconscious son in the street after a valve plummeted 21 storeys on to his head

  • Boy, three, was eating a banana and holding his mother’s hand in Dongyang 
  • His mother, Zhong Lingfang, then saw her toddler collapse on the ground 
  • She said her child was silent and didn’t cry, but his head was covered in blood
  • The man thought responsible, Zu, dropped the valve from a 21-storey building 
  • The renovation worker had accidentally burned his hand while soldering

This footage shows a crying mother holding her unconscious son who is fighting for his life after being struck by a metal valve which fell from 21 storeys onto his head.

The boy, aged three years and 10 months, was walking home from nursery school with his mother, Zhong Lingfang, when the incident happened in the city of Dongyang in East China’s Zhejiang Province on Thursday.

Ms Zhong, who lives in the Zijing Zhuangyuan Residential District, said: ‘One second he was eating a banana and holding my hand, and the next he collapsed on the ground.

This image shows Zhong Lifang yesterday holding her three-year-old boy after a valve hit him on the head

The building the valve fell from in the city of Dongyang in East China's Zhejiang Province yesterday, pictured left, was undergoing renovations when the piece of metal, pictured right, fell and sent the child to intensive care

The building the valve fell from in the city of Dongyang in East China's Zhejiang Province yesterday, pictured left, was undergoing renovations when the piece of metal, pictured right, fell and sent the child to intensive care

The building the valve fell from in the city of Dongyang in East China’s Zhejiang Province yesterday, pictured left, was undergoing renovations when the piece of metal, pictured right, fell and sent the child to intensive care

Ms Zhong, pictured yesterday, told reporters that her youngster had been walking hand in hand with her boy as he ate a banana. All of a sudden, he collapsed silently

Ms Zhong, pictured yesterday, told reporters that her youngster had been walking hand in hand with her boy as he ate a banana. All of a sudden, he collapsed silently

‘He wasn’t crying and made no sound. His head was covered in blood.’

According to the police, the boy, whose family name is Ouyang, was struck on the head by a metal angle valve weighing roughly 3lb.

The authorities arrested a renovation worker surnamed Zu, 29, who told investigators he accidentally knocked the valve off an air-conditioning unit he was soldering on the twenty first floor.

The three-year-old tot was rushed to Dongyang's People's Hospital and has been in intensive care since yesterday. Here he is pictured receiving treatment

The three-year-old tot was rushed to Dongyang’s People’s Hospital and has been in intensive care since yesterday. Here he is pictured receiving treatment

The youngster underwent a five-hour emergency operation yesterday (Pictured: The child with breathing tubes attached on the operating table)

The youngster underwent a five-hour emergency operation yesterday (Pictured: The child with breathing tubes attached on the operating table)

A nurse at the Intensive Care Unit said the boy was still comatose after the serious operation. (Pictured: The child being treated at the hospital yesterday)

A nurse at the Intensive Care Unit said the boy was still comatose after the serious operation. (Pictured: The child being treated at the hospital yesterday)

This picture shows the flat the valve is alleged to have fallen from. A renovator was soldering an air conditioner when he burnt himself, flinging the chunk of metal so that it landed on the little boy's head

This picture shows the flat the valve is alleged to have fallen from. A renovator was soldering an air conditioner when he burnt himself, flinging the chunk of metal so that it landed on the little boy’s head

He accidentally burned his hand, causing him to fling the chunk of metal. 

The tot was taken to Dongyang People’s Hospital where he has since undergone a five-hour emergency operation.

Intensive care nurse Ying Manzhen said the nursery school pupil was still comatose after his surgery.

He is breathing with the help of a respiratory machine and the hospital’s priority is to keep him alive, Ying said.

The workman remains in custody as investigations continue.

 

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