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The nation has been shocked by the tragic death of a 3-year-old boy who was run over by a luxury car more than once and by the driver's behavior. A local newspaper reported the tragedy on Sept 13 and media outlets subsequently re-broadcast the video recording. In just two days, the number of netizens commenting on the incident reached 503,589 on the QQ.com website alone, topping the figure for all other news. The BMW X6 vehicle apparently ran over the boy four times in less than 30 seconds in a residential community of Xinyi, a small city in East China's Jiangsu province on Sept 7. A surveillance camera recorded the whole event. The driver of the deluxe sport utility vehicle (SUV) was seen reversing his car and knocking down the boy who was playing behind it. The vehicle stopped for a moment before running over the boy's body with its left rear wheel. The motorist then drove ahead to run over the toddler for a second time. He stopped the SUV and got out but the vehicle continued to roll backward with both of its left wheels running over the boy. The man looked at the body lying in a pool of blood but left without doing anything to rescue the toddler. The boy's father said the driver must have killed his son deliberately, considering that the one-time compensation for a dead person would cost much less than paying for an injured child for the rest of his life. Online comments on the issue are divided, with the majority agreeing with the father's allegation. Others argue that the driver might not have intentionally killed the child and committed the act out of panic and inexperience. Local police are investigating the case. | 
