Police defend crush driver

Forced demolition death 'not deliberate'

Beijing - Police claim a truck driver did not deliberately crush a woman to death a week ago during the forced demolition of her house in North China's Hebei province.

Meng Jianfen was crushed minutes after her mother, Hu Xifeng, consumed pesticide to protest the forced demolition by the local government of Zhangjiaying village in Xingtai city of Hebei.