Truck driver arrested after motorcycle passenger dies in Hong Kong crash
- Rider suffers multiple injuries after being trapped under truck and had to be rescued by firefighters
- Truck rammed motorcycle from behind and slammed it into the back of a delivery van, police say
A pillion passenger died and a motorcyclist was injured when their bike was sandwiched between a delivery van and a truck in a three-vehicle pile-up in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Police arrested the truck driver, a 43-year-old man, on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death and driving with a suspended licence and without third-party insurance. As of Wednesday afternoon, he was still being held for questioning.
Emergency personnel were called when the collision occurred on Kwun Tong Road near the junction with Ting On Street in Ngau Tau Kok at 11.18am.
A photograph posted online showed part of the motorcycle was trapped under the truck in the crash.
A police spokesman said an initial investigation showed the truck driven by the 43-year-old rammed the motorcycle from behind and the bike was slammed into the back of the delivery van.
“The motorcyclist was trapped under the truck and had to be freed by firefighters,” he said.
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The 55-year-old rider suffered multiple injuries and was conscious while being carried into an ambulance. He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei for treatment.
His passenger, a 54-year-old woman, was knocked unconscious and was taken to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong, where she was certified dead soon before noon.
Officers from the Kowloon East traffic unit are investigating the cause of the crash.
In the first six months of this year, 41 people died in as many road traffic accidents across the city. In 2021, there were 97 victims in 94 fatal crashes.
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Separately, a 38-year-old man behind the wheel of a Ferrari was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a collision with another car and a taxi at the junction of Chatham Road South and Gascoigne Road in Yau Ma Tei shortly after 12.30am on Wednesday. All three drivers were unhurt in the incident, according to the force.
About seven hours later, two police cars were involved in a head-on collision on an unnamed path leading to the force’s operational base near the Man Kam To control point. Police said both vehicles suffered damage to their front and no one was injured in the incident.
