(Adnkronos) – Several people were injured in China, hit by a car in front of a school in Changde, Hunan province. This is reported by the official media of the Asian giant. “Several students were injured Tuesday morning after being hit by a car outside an elementary school in Changde,” Xinhua reported. There is currently no precise toll and it is unclear whether it was an accident or not.
A vehicle “ran over people in front of Yongan Elementary School,” around 8 a.m. local time, and “it appears many students and adults were injured and fell to the ground.” “The suspected vehicle was a small white SUV – Xinhua reported – After the incident the driver was stopped on the spot by students’ family members and school security. Some of the injured were immediately transported to the hospital.”
The news comes after last week’s events in Zhuhai, where an SUV ran over groups of people with an official death toll of 35 dead and 43 injured.