Teen accused of hurting woman

WUHAN - A 15-year-old accused of knocking down a woman he insists he was just trying to help up after she had been hit by an electric car remained in police custody on Monday.

The police took away the boy, whose surname is Zhang and who is a freshman in a vocational school, for questioning at around 5 pm on Sunday, Wuhan Evening News reported. Zhang said the accident occurred while he was in a car on his way to an avenue in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. He said he saw a car that was about five or six meters away from him hit the woman and drive away.

"I immediately stopped my car and picked her up," Zhang was quoted as saying. He said the woman, whose surname is Song, thanked him.