The footage of a man desperately hanging onto the outside of a car door while the driver swerves in and out of traffic could be straight out of an upcoming action movie . In fact , Chinese police are now hunting down the man who drove maniacally through the city of Zhenjiang - dragging along a former friend whom he owed money . With Sun Peng desperately clinging on for his life , Ren Chiang reached speeds of 50mph and drove into oncoming traffic before his terrified passenger finally let go . Dangerous : Ren Chiang drove recklessly through traffic and even sped into oncoming vehicles to try and knock off the man who he owed around £1,000 . Life-threatening : He had panicked when Sun Peng spotted him at a car wash even though he had told his former friend he was broke and homeless . 35-year-old Ren had borrowed around £1,000 from his former-friend Sun and panicked when he spotted the man he was indebted to at a car wash in eastern China , the People 's Daily reported . Ren had vanished after taking the money and when his friend asked for it back he pleaded poverty and claimed he was homeless . After the life-threatening incident , Sun said : 'When I saw him driving around in a car and obviously having enough money to pay for a car wash , I realised I had been conned and went up to demand he pay me back the money he had borrowed . ' But Sun had did not expect such an explosive reaction from his former friend who had put his foot down and tried to speed off . Sun added : ' I tried to grab hold of the car and found myself being dragged off down the road . 'He really put his foot down and according to the police who looked at the CCTV images we were doing 80 kph [ 50mph ] as he tried to shake me off . ' I was begging him to stop and telling him just to let me go but he carried on , I could feel the road wearing through my shoes and I had to move my weight onto my heels as it was thicker otherwise I would have torn off the soles of my feet . ' Reckless : CCTV footage showed Ren reaching speeds of 50mph as his unwilling passenger desperately hung on to the outside of his door . Desperate : After the ordeal , Sun said : ' I was begging him to stop and telling him just to let me go but he carried on ' CCTV footage shows the driver speeding through red lights , zig-zagging through traffic and deliberately hitting other vehicles to try and shake Sun off . Eventually the exhausted Sun let go of the car as it slows down - allowing Ren to make his escape . A police spokesman confirmed : 'We would not get involved over the question of loaned money that has not been returned , as it 's a civil matter , but dangerous driving and attempted murder are a different thing entirely . '
Ren Chiang , 35 , panicked when he spotted the 'friend ' he owed £1,000 to . He had told Sun Peng he was broke and homeless when they last spoke . The pair were found by police in a car park near their home on Sunday morning after neighbours called them. He reached up to 50mph and drove into oncoming traffic as Sun hung on . Terrified passenger said : ' I could feel the road wearing through my shoes ' Police pursuing Ren for dangerous driving not 'civil matter ' of borrowing .