By Nanlin Fang and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN
Nine people were killed after a driver rammed his car into a crowd in the southeastern China city of Hengyang late Wednesday, according to the local government.
Another 46 people were wounded, three of them severely, the government said in a news release.
“There was a vicious incident that a person drove deliberately into crowds at Mijiang Square of Hengdong County,” the release said.
The driver, identified only by a surname, Yang, is in custody.
The motive for the crash, which occurred about 7:35 p.m. (7:35 a.m. ET), has yet to be determined.
Hengyang is located about 330 miles (530 kilometers) north of Guangzhou.
