This is the shocking moment a rideshare driver ploughs into pedestrians on a packed street in China, leaving eight people injured.

The incident happened on July 21 at 8:47 p.m. in Changsha, Hunan Province, central China.

Footage shows the car crashing into another vehicle near the sidewalk, leaving people seriously injured on the ground while others ran for their lives.

Local media reported that the rideshare driver had turned around in the vehicle to clean the back seat while waiting at a red light but had lost control of it and suddenly shot forward, ploughing into the pedestrians crossing the road.

Eight people are said to have been injured, including three seriously.

They were reportedly rushed to the hospital, and the male driver of the rideshare vehicle, Liu Mouhui, 47, was promptly arrested and detained. He said he works as a driver for a company in Changsha.