Driver in ramming incident stays silent
By Wang Qingchu |
November 3, 2010, Wednesday
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A DRIVER alleged to have rammed his car into pedestrians, leaving 14 people injured, before holding a woman at knifepoint in a city in central China has refused to cooperate with police.
Liu Jianlin, 44, would not answer questions after being detained following the incident on Monday evening, an official at Yiyang City, Hunan Province, said.
Liu, who runs a restaurant, is alleged to have hit an elderly woman on Taohualun Road in downtown Yiyang at around 7pm.
He then sped off, continuing to drive more than 1,000 meters and careering into pedestrians and vehicles along the way, The Beijing News reported yesterday.
When the car finally came to a halt, Liu is alleged to have taken a female driver hostage and held a knife to her throat.
"He didn't stop until he hit the front gate of China National Grid building," said the female hostage, surnamed Wang. "He suddenly opened my car door and put a knife to my neck," said Wang, from her hospital bed.
"The man didn't reek of alcohol, but acted like he was crazy," she told Sanxiang Metropolitan News.
A witness surnamed Deng said Liu emerged from his car brandishing a knife.
Deng said his cousin, Zeng Ming, grappled with Liu when he threatened the woman and disarmed him. Zeng was receiving treatment in hospital yesterday.
The 14 injured, including Liu, are still in hospital.
Another man and a woman were traveling in Liu's car at the time of the incident.
The case is still under investigation.
Liu Jianlin, 44, would not answer questions after being detained following the incident on Monday evening, an official at Yiyang City, Hunan Province, said.
Liu, who runs a restaurant, is alleged to have hit an elderly woman on Taohualun Road in downtown Yiyang at around 7pm.
He then sped off, continuing to drive more than 1,000 meters and careering into pedestrians and vehicles along the way, The Beijing News reported yesterday.
When the car finally came to a halt, Liu is alleged to have taken a female driver hostage and held a knife to her throat.
"He didn't stop until he hit the front gate of China National Grid building," said the female hostage, surnamed Wang. "He suddenly opened my car door and put a knife to my neck," said Wang, from her hospital bed.
"The man didn't reek of alcohol, but acted like he was crazy," she told Sanxiang Metropolitan News.
A witness surnamed Deng said Liu emerged from his car brandishing a knife.
Deng said his cousin, Zeng Ming, grappled with Liu when he threatened the woman and disarmed him. Zeng was receiving treatment in hospital yesterday.
The 14 injured, including Liu, are still in hospital.
Another man and a woman were traveling in Liu's car at the time of the incident.
The case is still under investigation.
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