A nine-year-old schoolboy was killed in front of his elder brother in a traffic accident near his home in Tseung Kwan O yesterday.
Lo Hon-foon, who was in Primary Two, died after being struck by a goods van at 7.30am while on his way to catch a bus to Yat Sau Primary School in Choi Hung.
Police said the van's 33-year-old driver had assisted them in their investigation and had not been arrested.
Hon-foon's 11-year-old brother, Hon-fung, who watched his dyslexic brother cross Tsui Lam Road to the bus terminal every morning, was very distressed and needed to be sent to hospital after seeing his brother hit by the van.
Hon-fung reportedly told the police that Hon-foon had not checked carefully before crossing the road.
A police source said: 'The victim was hit by the side mirror of the goods van and fell to the ground. His head hit the ground heavily.'
Hon-foon was taken to Tseung Kwan O Hospital, where doctors declared him dead at 8.10am.
