Man sentenced to death for deliberately causing fatal car accident in Guangzhou

(ECNS) -- Wen Qingyun, who deliberately caused a car crash on Jan. 11 this year in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death in the first trial by Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court on Tuesday.

The court found that the offender intentionally sped up and crashed into pedestrians at the junction of Tianhe Road and Tiyudong Road, causing five deaths and 13 injuries. 

More than 60 people, including the victims and their families and the defendant's family, attended the trial and sentencing.