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Hit-and-run luxury car driver detained in Beijing

Xinhua, October 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Beijing police have detained a hit-and-run driver whose Lamborghini car knocked into eight vehicles and injured one person while speeding on a downtown street early Tuesday.

The suspect, a 21-year-old man surnamed Yu, fled the scene after causing the chaos near the Workers' Stadium in eastern Beijing at around 4 a.m. Tuesday.

Yu was caught by police in a community in Chaoyang District Tuesday evening, the Beijing traffic police authority said in a press release Wednesday.

It said Yu was also suspected of drunk driving. He was detained for harming public security. Endi