The school bus collided with the double-decker bus on Cheung Tung Road, Tung Chung. The school bus driver was trapped and many people were injured.
[Yahoo News Flash]34 people were injured in a traffic accident in Tung Chung this morning (31st).
The Fire Services Department and the police held a press conference at noon to explain that they received a report at 7:54 a.m. that a double-decker bus collided with a nanny’s car on Cheung Tung Road, Lantau Island. Firefighters arrived at the scene at 8:01, found the nanny’s car trapped, and rescued him immediately. After counting, 34 people were injured in the accident, of which 3 were seriously injured, 3 were in normal condition, and the remaining 28 were slightly injured. Another 88 people were uninjured and were assisted by firefighters to leave the car.
Superintendent Xu Zhendong of the New Territories South Regional Investigation and Support Team said that the Discovery Bay double-decker bus that caused the accident went from Discovery Bay Plaza to Sunny Bay; the nanny bus drove from Tuen Mun Dragon Ball Island to Discovery Bay. Preliminary investigations believe that the nanny’s car may have cut to another traffic lane at that time, causing the two cars to collide with the right front of the car, and they deviated from the traffic lane respectively, and the nanny’s car shoveled into the grass.
Xu Zhendong also said that the male driver of the Discovery Bay bus is 25 years old and has been driving a bus for two years. He started work at 5:30 this morning and was the second bus when the accident occurred; the male nanny bus driver is 65 years old and has more than 20 years of driving experience in related vehicles. , started work at 7:00 this morning.
Due to a traffic accident, Xiangdong Road (in both directions) near the Shamshuijiao Substation was closed for a time.
Figure: FB of Hong Kong Emergency Reporting Area
Figure: FB of Hong Kong Emergency Reporting Area
Figure: FB of Hong Kong Emergency Reporting Area
2023-08-31 05:58:18
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