Residents do their part for relief operations

CHENGDU: He drives for a living, but cabbie Wang Xuekui is now putting his own life on the line to try and save victims of the massive quake that hit Southwest China's Sichuan province on Monday.

"I want to bring some injured back to Chengdu, where they can get better treatment," said Wang.

The Chengdu resident was on his way to the quake-devastated area of Dujiangyan yesterday morning, where victims include hundreds of students buried under a collapsed building of the Juyuan Middle School.