A startling video went viral online showing a forklift truck in Yangxian County of northwest China's Shaanxi Province deliberately smashing into a car several times on August 7, causing one dead and one injured.

A shovel loader can be seen backing up and pushing a car to the side of the road.

It then hit the car several times, causing it badly damaged. A man was seen running out of the car during the period.

The forklift driver surnamed Liang was later arrested by the police.

The passenger surnamed Zhou who was trapped in the car was rescued by the firemen, but later died because of the severe injuries.

According to the report, Liang had economic disputes with the car driver, who’s also his employer surnamed Wu. They had a quarrel that morning, which most likely led to the alleged attack afterwards

Liang was detained for suspected intentional homicide. The case is under further investigation.