Tourist pays up for accidental death on Great Wall of China
A Canadian tourist who caused the accidental death of a Chinese woman at the Great Wall of China has agreed to pay the victim’s family almost $100,000 in compensation.
Cui Hongfang, 73, struck her head after being knocked over by Canadian tourist Debra Fortin, police say.
Hongfang fell down steep steps on April 8 and died shortly after in front of her family, a police report said.
Police decided the incident was a tragic accident and declined to press charges but Cui’s family filed a lawsuit against Fortin and demanded that she be prevented from leaving the country.
The Beijing News reports a deal has been struck between both parties during two days of pre-trial mediation in Beijing.
A settlement of 600,000 yuan (US$96,000) was agreed upon, to be paid within 15 days, the newspaper report said.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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