On the snowy morning of February 13th, a pregnant Chinese woman was struck by a snowplow in the parking lot of a local supermarket in Brooklyn.
Wu Wu, 42, owner of Fei Long Supermarket was operating a Bobcat S250 equipped with a snowplow and backed into Min Lin, 36, who was loading groceries into her car. Lin and her husband, who was also on-scene, had a doctor's appointment scheduled for that morning. After dropping off their 5-year old son, they stopped by Fei Long to do some shopping.
The mother, who was almost 9 months pregnant was rushed to the Maimonides Medical Center but died within the hour.
Her baby boy was delivered by Cesarean section and survived the incident weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces. He still remains in critical condition after suffering 17 minutes without oxygen.
Wu was issued 3 summonses for not having his vehicle inspected, missing headlamp and a missing license plate light. He was not criminally charged.
Very tragic accident.
