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A driver has been arrested  on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death and for refusing to give a breath test after a crash in Kwai Chung, in which a taxi driver in the  oncoming lane was killed. 
The man also reportedly tried to flee the scene. 
The 44-year-old taxi driver  died in nearby Princess Margaret Hospital  after the head-on crash. A male passenger in the cab was also  in serious condition.
 Three female passengers in the private car, aged 24 and 25,  were in stable condition  in the hospital and  in Yan Chai Hospital,  Tsuen Wan.  
The driver of the car,  32, was arrested  but  allowed bail.  He was in serious condition in Princess Margaret Hospital. 
Both cars were severely damaged, with windows and windscreens shattered. Both air bags in the private car's front seats had been deployed.
The accident happened shortly after 6am, when the car was travelling  uphill along Wo Yip Hop Road. The car hit a van in the  oncoming lane before  the taxi, also in that lane. The driver of the van was unhurt.
Police reportedly found the driver of the private car in a nearby street after having fled.   
The cab driver was unconscious when he was  pulled from the taxi. Both he  and his passenger suffered head injuries and were taken to Princess Margaret Hospital, where the driver was certified dead.
The three female passengers in the car,  including a pregnant woman, were also injured. 
Police said that the car driver  and his three passengers refused to provide information or  co-operate with them. 
Police  have launched an investigation and are appealing to anyone who witnessed the  crash to contact them on 3661 1300.  They will also conduct forensic examinations of both cars.
The taxi driver, Lau Yuk-lun, had been in the industry for 20 years and was an amateur tai chi instructor. He  had been a winner at the Annual Zhejiang International Traditional Wushu Tournament in 2007. His wife had died of cancer several years before and he had no children.



Driver held after Kwai Chung crash leaves taxi driver dead