Three dead and two critical after bus mounts pavement in one of Hong Kong’s busiest districts
Citybus driver later arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death
Three people were killed and 29 injured, two of them critically, when a double decker bus mounted a pavement and ploughed into pedestrians in one of Hong Kong’s busiest districts during rush hour on Friday.
The accident, at around 6.30pm at the junction of Yen Chow Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road in Sham Shui Po, left four people trapped under the Citybus vehicle and four passengers stuck on the upper deck.
Police said the bus had been trying to avoid hitting a taxi which suddenly slowed down in front.
The accident, one of the worst in recent memory, sparked a full-blown emergency, turning the roadside into a triage zone as stunned victims were treated by paramedics on the scene.
A middle-aged woman, who was sitting on the fifth row on the upper deck, was declared dead at the scene, while two men, aged 48 and 60, succumbed to their injuries in hospital.