Tricycle driver sets herself on fire by mistake

Dramatic footage, from China, of a tricycle driver setting her vehicle on fire by mistake when she tries to escape being arrested.

The video, captured in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province last Monday, shows policemen checking the woman's tricycle.

Then, the woman goes back into the vehicle and it bursts into flames.

According to local reports, the woman was running the tricycle illegally so when police stopped her she tried to set it on fire but set herself ablaze instead.

She was later taken to hospital and is recovering.