Horror as car ploughs into crowd of young school children and parents

A driver has smashed through a crowd of children and parents outside a primary school in China. The crash was first reported at around 5pm local time (11am GMT) on Wednesday, October 22 with pictures and video footage posted on social media platform X.

According to the post, a white seden crashed into the entrance of Chongqing Road Primary School in Shiyan, a city located in the northwestern province of Hubei. The vehicle reportedly accelerated into students and parents who were waiting at a traffic light. Video footage shows it speeding through a junction before crashing into the crowd and off the road. It is not yet known how many people are injured.

Other videos posted on X show emergency services at the scene, including local police officers and paramedics. There is rubble and debris on the pavement and road around the crash.

The post on X, from @whyyoutouzhele, said: "On the afternoon of October 22 at 5 PM, at the entrance of Chongqing Road Primary School in Shiyan, Hubei, a white sedan accelerated and crashed into primary school students and parents who were waiting at the traffic light, for unknown reasons.

"The video shows that multiple primary school students and parents were hit at the scene. The specific casualty situation is currently unclear."

The account added that a "dozen to twenty" students were reportedly hit by the car. However, specific details on a motive or injuries have not yet been confirmed by officials in China.

Meanwhile, a post from tessaron_news_3, posted a video of the crash on Instagram. The post read: "At 1700 local time on October 22, 2025 a white sedan is reported to have accelerated into a group of elementary-school students and parents waiting at a traffic light outside Chongqing Road Elementary School in Shiyan, Hubei Province, China.

"The exact motive is unknown. The social-media post indicates multiple children and parents were struck; the precise casualty numbers and whether any deaths occurred are currently unclear.

"This follows a troubling line of 'revenge against society' attacks when mostly single men use mass violence to protest the extreme authoritarianism in China ran through mass state surveillance and crushing work weeks."

Last November, several students and adults were injured after a car was driven into a crowd of people outside a primary school in the southern province of Hunan. It was the third attack on a crowd in China in the space of a week, sparking concerns for public safety.

A separate incident saw at least 35 people killed after a man sped his car into a group of people on a sports track in southern China. Meanwhile, a man killed three people and wounded 15 others in a supermarket stabbing in Shanghai in October last year.