'It's just a traffic accident': G4S brush off security fears after BMW is crushed in cash van collision

A stricken G4S security van was this afternoon under armed guard after a bizarre road accident left it sitting on top of a BMW, in the third major security incident to hit the beleaguered company within weeks.

The crash, on Hong Kong’s Des Voeux Road, left the rear of the security van sitting on the bonnet of the BMW, much to the surprise of onlookers.

The collision comes just a fortnight after an armed G4S guard left a loaded Remington shotgun propped up at a cash machine, and two months after HK$15 million was strewn across the road when the door of a van belonging to the company slid open.

Following the crash armed police arrived and stood guard at the scene, while the red-faced van crew attempted in vain to extract their vehicle from the mangled BMW.