Accident in Tian'anmen kills 5 people

Tourists, police among 38 hurt; square sealed for several hours

Five people were killed and 38 injured after a jeep crashed into a crowd of people and caught fire in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum in downtown Beijing on Monday.

The driver of the jeep and two passengers were killed on the spot. Two tourists, a female Filipino and a male Chinese from Guangdong province, were also killed. The injured include Chinese tourists and police officers, as well as three Filipinos and one Japanese.