Two men are to go on trial in Beijing accused of dangerous driving after an April 11 incident where two supercars crashed in a tunnel.

Prosecutors said the Chaoyang District People's Court would hear the case but no date has been set.

A guilty verdict could lead to six months' detention.

Police in Beijing said that the scene of the accident, Datun Tunnel, was a popular venue for supercar drivers.

Yu, 20, was driving a US$500,000 Ferrari and Tang, 21, an US$800,000 Lamborghini at speeds of more than 160 kilometers per hour, about three times the speed limit, police said.

Both cars were badly damaged when they hit the tunnel walls and guardrails.

The two men, both unemployed, were unhurt but a woman surnamed Xu, a passenger in the Lamborghini, was seriously injured.

The Beijing Times said she suffered fractures to her lower back and had to have eight steel pins and two steel plates inserted. Doctors said her recovery would take at least 18 months.

Xu told the newspaper that neither she nor Tang was wearing a seat belt. She didn't know that the two cars would be racing each other, she said.

The newspaper reported that Tang's mother had paid about 150,000 yuan (US$24,150) toward Xu's medical costs.

Xu, who still owes the hospital about 10,000 yuan, said she would be claiming compensation from Tang's family.

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