Man gets death for ploughing car into pedestrians, killing five


Surveillance camera videos show the Guangdong native driving his BMW SUV into a crowd of people at a zebra crossing. - SCREENGRAB FROM VIDEOUPPER6469/YOUTUBE

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A driver who killed five and injured 13 others by ploughing his car into pedestrians in China in January has been sentenced to death, a Guangzhou court said on Tuesday (April 18).

Wen Qingyun, 22, was judged to have endangered public safety by intentionally driving his car into pedestrians crossing a junction and public property at around 5pm on Jan 11.

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