Vehicle Plows Into Pedestrians in Shanghai, 18 Injured

Vehicle Plows Into Pedestrians in Shanghai, 18 Injured
Intersection in Shanghai, China. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images
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SHANGHAI–Eighteen people were injured on Friday, three seriously, after a vehicle caught fire and mounted the pavement in a busy part of central Shanghai and plowed into pedestrians, said police.

According to preliminary investigations, the fire was caused by a 40-year-old driver surnamed Chen who was smoking a cigarette inside the vehicle, the Shanghai public security bureau said on its official Weibo feed.