Three dead, 19 injured after car hits crowd in China

Updated: 2016-01-19 13:54

(Xinhua)

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NANCHANG - Three students died and 19 others were injured as a man drove his car into a crowd on Tuesday morning in East China's Jiangxi province, government sources said on Tuesday afternoon.

At around 7 am Tuesday, a white vehicle struck pedestrians on a road near a middle school in Fengxin county, according to witnesses.

The injured have been rushed to hospitals. Among them, three are in serious condition.

The 43-year-old driver has been held by police. Witnesses said he tried to commit suicide after the incident.

Further investigation into the incident is under way.

 

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