Furious China farmer takes brick to smash luxury car of driver who crushed her garlic seedlings, triggers wealth gap debate
- Car crushes crops, unaware driver chased by farmer on electric bike
- Uses brick to smash wing mirror, car door, windows, bonnet
A woman farmer in central China has gone berserk and smashed up a Mercedes-Benz with a brick after its driver ran over her vegetables.
The incident took place on April 5 in Taikang county in Henan province when a man, surnamed Zhang, drove his car along a narrow rural road and inadvertently squashed some garlic seedlings planted at the edge, Henan TV reported.
Zhang said he drove on without stopping because he was not aware that his car had wrecked the crops. The farmer, surnamed Liu, who had planted them, immediately chased after him on an electric bike.
Liu swore at him, broke off a wing mirror and picked up a brick from the ground, which she used to smash the car’s door, windows and bonnet, as viral video clips showed.
“She just smashed our car, without telling us why she was angry with us,” said Zhang’s wife, who was sitting in the front passenger seat.
It was not until they all got to the police station that the couple learned the reason for Liu’s outburst.
