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SCMP Reporter

Woman driver escapes death
A 53-year-old woman cheated death after her car overturned and caught fire in Central yesterday morning. The woman lost control of her car at about 7am, causing it to hit a slope and topple over. She had been trying to turn into Bowen Road. The woman was rescued by passers-by before the car caught fire. She was taken to Queen Mary Hospital for a check-up but was later discharged.
Four men attacked in Yuen Long
Four men, aged from 17 to 21, were attacked by about a dozen people in Yuen Long.  Police said the four had been walking along On Ning Road  at about 4am when the attack happened. The men told police that without any warning, a dozen people started to chase them and attack them with glass bottles. The four men were sent to Pok Oi Hospital where they were in stable condition.
Three injured in traffic accident
Three people were  injured in a traffic accident involving a truck and a car in Tsuen Wan.  Police said the crash happened on Tuen Mun Road near Belvedere Garden shortly before 10.30am. The 51-year-old driver of the car, a 38-year-old woman passenger and a two-year-old girl were taken to Yan Chai Hospital in stable condition. The  44-year-old lorry driver escaped unhurt.
Falling rack injures woman
A 75-year-old woman sustained slight head injuries when a foldable clothes  rack fell and hit her on the head in Hung Hom at about 12.30pm. The woman was  walking near Block 2 in Whampoa Garden. Police have arrested a 39-year-old man in connection with the incident, which is not being treated as malicious. Police said investigations into the incident would continue.
31 injured in bus crash
Thirty-one  people were injured when a double-decker KMB bus and a Kowloon-bound red minibus collided in Kwai Chung. The accident happened on the Castle Peak Road Kwai Chung section near Wo Yi Hop Road.  The injured passengers were taken to Princess Margaret Hospital, Yan Chai Hospital and Caritas Medical Centre.
MTR escalator accidents rise
The number of accidents on MTR escalators has risen 16 per cent to 784 cases in the first 11 months of the year, compared to the same period last year. The MTR Corporation said most of the cases involved passengers with luggage being knocked over by other passengers.  The MTR will post a new yellow label in stations to remind passengers to hold onto the escalator rail.
Ferries collide
A Macau-bound Turbojet ferry, carrying about 100 people, collided with a Hong Kong-bound ferry carrying 13 people and operated by Chu Kong Passenger Transport.  Marine Department officers were investigating the collision near Chek Lap Kok  airport. No one was injured.



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