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A Chinese driver with epilepsy has been sentenced to life in prison for concealing his illness and causing a fatal accident that killed four people.
The 45-year-old driver, surnamed Zuo, suffered an epileptic seizure when driving a car in downtown area in Yichang City in central China's Hubei Province on May 1 last year. Without any premonition, the car suddenly veered to the opposite lane and ran into pedestrians under a bridge. The accident claimed four lives and injured eight others.
Zuo was charged with endangering public safety by using dangerous means, instead of committing traffic offence. He was the first person in the city to receive life imprisonment for a traffic accident.
Zuo was diagnosed to have epilepsy in 2012, but he failed to report to the traffic administration.
According to Chinese law, those with epilepsy, vertigo, hysteria, mental disorder and Alzheimer's are banned from getting driver's license. Those who deliberately conceal their illnesses will be punished if causing traffic accidents.
Zuo has lodged an appeal.
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Traces of giant panda have been found in a nature reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province, suggesting the animal has ventured further than previously known.
Local forestry authorities say giant panda wastes have been found in bamboo woods 3,100 meters above sea level in a nature reserve in Lixian County. Evidence of foraging was later discovered 30 meters away from the droppings.
A 2013 national survey found no evidence of panda activity in the area. The new discovery shows that giant pandas live in a wider area than previously known.
Cameras have since been installed in the area, and patrol and monitoring has been stepped up.
The area is adjacent to the Wolong National Nature Reserve, known as the "home of the giant panda".
Giant pandas are one of the world's most endangered species. Around 1,600 pandas live in the wild, mostly in the mountains of Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces in western China, while more than 300 live in captivity.
