Yan Chuangguan spent several years

Yan Chuang, a well-known car reviewer who signed a contract with Autohome for 20 million, was involved in an accident on September 28 while filming a car program at Higu Auto Park in Pinggu District, Beijing.

This accident directly led to the death of Mao Hongyin, a photographer in his team. According to the Weibo posted by Yan Chuang’s family, the main cause of the accident was that while filming one of the important driving shots, the car accidentally hit his colleague Mao Hongyin at a curve at a fixed point, resulting in Mao Hongyin’s rescue being ineffective. die.

After the incident, famous car reviewers - "Big Healthcare" Han Lu and Chen Zhen also confirmed the incident on Weibo. Judging from their Weibo posts, the deceased photographer Mao Hongyin should be a former colleague of Autohome, and the relationship must be quite familiar. Hu Yongping, a former Autohome executive, even posted three Weibo posts to express his regret for the accident.

The night before the accident, Yan Chuang drank a lot of wine with a group of friends in the racing circle.

It is reported that Yan Chuang has been criminally detained by the Pinggu Public Security Bureau and is being held in a detention center to investigate the incident. According to Article 233 of the Criminal Law, whoever negligently causes death shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; if the circumstances are clear, he shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years. If the Criminal Law provides otherwise, the provisions shall prevail. According to Article 8 of the Supreme People's Court's "Interpretations on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Traffic Accidents", if a major traffic occurs within the scope of public traffic management, Article 133 of the Criminal Law (Traffic Accident Crime) shall be and handle the relevant provisions of this interpretation. Outside the scope of public traffic management, driving a motor vehicle or using other means of transportation to cause people to surf the Internet or cause heavy losses to public property or other people's property, which constitutes a crime, shall be punished in accordance with Article 134 of the Criminal Law (Major Liability Accidents). Article 135 (Crime of Major Labor Safety Accidents), Article 233 (Crime of Negligently Causing Death) and other provisions provide for conviction and punishment. However, we still need to wait for the release of the investigation results of the incident as to what the specific outcome will be.

Just a few days before the accident, Autohome also announced with a high profile that it had officially signed a contract with Yan Chuang and invested 20 million yuan in funds and resources to optimize and upgrade Yan Chuang's personal brand and column "Yan Chuang." "Chuang Talks about Cars", Yan Chuang himself has just become the most commercially valuable car reviewer in China. On the day Yan Chuang was detained due to the accident, Autohome announced that former president Kang Yan and former CFO Wang Junlang had resigned. Autohome's stock price fell 5.62% that day to US$60.10 per share.

This morning, Autohome Chejiahao also issued a statement on the matter.

On the day of the incident, Yan Chuang was also trending on Weibo for his "abuse" of female employees. Netizens ridiculed Yan Chuang as one of the toughest bosses in history.

Here, the editor hopes that Yan Chuang and his team can handle this accident perfectly and give a good explanation to the family of the deceased photographer Mao Hongyin; at the same time, the editor also reminds the automotive industry about this matter Fellow editors: No matter how cool a video you make, your life is not important. You must put safety first, because this is not only for yourself, but also for others.

Life is the most important thing, nothing can be exchanged for it!

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