A motorist in China who was driving to visit his mother saw an injured woman lying by the side of a motorway but decided stopping to help would be too much inconvenience . When the man , named by Chinese media as Mr Zhang , arrived at his mother 's house and found that she was n't home , neighbours told him that she had left early that morning with the intention of meeting him . A sense of dread crept over the driver as he remembered the elderly woman lying by the side of the road , People 's Daily Online reported , and when he returned to the scene of the accident he found his mother covered in blood and dying . The driver , named in Chinese media as Mr Zhang , drove past an injured woman who turned out to be his mother . He called police but his mother , from Wuhu , in Anhui Province , died on the way to hospital , it was reported . A neighbour said : 'Mr Zhang is the victim 's son . He wells up as soon as he mentions his mother and the accident she was involved in . 'Zhang recalls he set off early in the morning to see his mother who lived in the ancestral village . En route he drove by a hit-and-run scene . ' Mr Zhang told local media that he did n't want to stop for the elderly victim because of the trouble it might cause him . The scene of the incident in Anhui Province . Police have arrested a local over the hit-and-run . After a spate of incidents in which Good Samaritans have been sued for damages by people they tried to help , many Chinese motorists are now reluctant to help those involved in traffic accidents . Mr Zhang said : ' I saw a woman lying in the road . When I got to my mother 's home and found that she was n't there I headed straight back to the traffic accident as I had a feeling it might be her . As soon as I got there I could see it was Mum . ' Police from Nanling County found glass fragments that were from a farming vehicle and and were later able to identify the perpetrator , who confessed to his crime .
Man was driving to visit his elderly mother when he saw injured woman . Said he did n't stop because he did n't want the inconvenience . Returned to find that woman was his mother , and she died from her injuries . Drivers in China often reluctant to stop at accidents for fear of getting sued themselves .