Hong Kong minibus hits two double-deckers on congested road, leaving 26 injured
Cause under investigation as all three drivers hospitalised, with minibus driver in critical condition
Twenty-six people were injured in a crash involving a green minibus and two double-deckers on Tai Tam Road in Chai Wan.
The minibus on route 16X was heading towards Chai Wan MTR from Stanley when it hit the tail of a New World First Bus double-decker on route 14 at about 3.40pm Sunday. The minibus then collided head on with another double-decker on route 9 of the same bus company travelling on the other side of the two-lane road near Shan Tsui Court.
The driver cabin of the minibus was badly damaged in the collision, trapping the driver, 58.
Firefighters took about 90 minutes to free him, who was conscious when he was sent to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital on a stretcher. On Sunday night, the man was in critical condition.
The injured included several children and the two bus drivers. All who were hurt were treated at the scene. A medical team from Pamela Youde was deployed to provide roadside treatment. Some were taken to its hospital as well as to Ruttonjee and Queen Mary hospitals.
Three dead and two critical after bus mounts pavement in one of Hong Kong’s busiest districts
Several of those taken to hospital were on stretchers. All were in a conscious state.