China influencer’s act of kindness ends in tragedy as farmer dies in car crash after shared lunch

The Chinese social media was shaken by a Good Samaritan deed that ended in tragedy when an elderly farmer died in a car crash shortly after receiving kind help from an influencer.

The influencer, who has dedicated himself to helping farmers in central China’s Henan province and has 84,000 followers, posted a video of himself assisting an 81-year-old farmer on June 25.

The influencer, surnamed Zhang, bought all the vegetables the elderly man was selling. The farmer, surnamed Jing, gave Zhang a discounted price of 0.80 yuan (12 US cents) per kilo.

The spinach, cucumbers, and eggplants Jing sold weighed 75kg in total and cost Zhang 60 yuan (US$8.8).

Like many farmers, Jing brought the vegetables he had planted to the city for sale every day.