5 killed, 18 injured as car rams into students in China

Beijing, November 22

A speeding car ploughed into several students crossing a road in front a primary school in China’s northeast Liaoning province, killing at least five of them and injuring 18 others, nearly two months after a similar incident claimed 11 lives.

The injured students of No. 2 primary school in Jianchang county, Huludao city, have been taken to hospitals, state-run China Daily reported.

The number of casualties was yet to be determined though initial reports said that five people have been killed. The driver has been arrested, the report said.

The daily’s website carried pictures of several people lying on the road and police detaining the driver.

Some videos circulating on social media showed a car ramming into the wrong side of the road and crashing into a group of school students.

Another gory footage showed at least two children lying in a pool of blood on the street with others screaming in the background.

The cause of the incident was under investigation.

Attacks on general public, especially students, including the kindergarten children, by the disgruntled people, were on the rise in different parts of China.

In September, a driver of an SUV vehicle deliberately crashed into crowds at a busy public square in central China’s Hunan province, killing 11 people and injuring 44 others.

The attack injured mostly elderly people who had gathered at the square by the river in Hengdong county.

In February, a van packed with gas tanks and petrol bottles caught fire and ploughed into pedestrians in Shanghai, injuring at least 18 people. PTI