A drunk driver in northern China plowed his truck into a crowd trying to rescue an injured motorcyclist, local traffic police said on Tuesday.

Four people were killed and 13 injured, one critically, in the Hongmiaozi Township in the Chifeng City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The accident happened on a downtown street around 8:00 p.m. on Monday.

Twenty-year-old motorcyclist, Li Xinchun, sustained minor injuries after colliding with a car. While people were helping him in to an ambulance, Li Aimin drove his truck into the crowd.

Four people, including Li Xinchun, were killed.

An emergency doctor was among the 13 wounded, police said.

The drunken driver, Li Aimin, fled the accident scene Monday night but was seized Tuesday afternoon and put into police detention.

Further investigation is underway.

(Xinhua News Agency October 14, 2008)