Hit-and-run luxury car driver detained in China

A 21-year-old hit-and-run Chinese driver has been detained by Beijing police after his Lamborghini car rammed into eight vehicles and injured one person while speeding on a downtown street here.

The suspect surnamed Yu, fled the scene after causing chaos near the Workers' Stadium in eastern Beijing at around 4 am yesterday.

Yu was caught by police in a locality in Chaoyang district yesterday evening, the Beijing traffic police authority said in a statement.

Yu was also suspected of drunk driving, it said.

He was detained for harming public security, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.