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27 injured in school bus accident

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Clifford Lo

Vehicle rams the back of another bus in Aberdeen

Twenty seven people, mostly pupils, were injured in a collision between a school bus and two double-deckers in Aberdeen yesterday.

The crash happened in Wong Chuk Hang Road near a bus stop shortly after the school bus came out of the Aberdeen Tunnel at about 7.30am.

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The driver of the school bus, 29, told police he had lost control of the vehicle when he swerved to avoid hitting a car.

'He said that the car had switched lanes in front of the school bus. He braked to avoid hitting the car but his bus skidded and crashed into the back of a Citybus at a bus stop,' a police officer said.

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The double-decker was pushed forward into the back of a Kowloon Motor Bus in front.

A police spokesman said the car had left before the police arrived. The driver of a passing bus stopped and offered assistance.

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