Seven injured as bus smashes into Hong Kong walkway
Private-hire open-top bus was part of an HSBC community event
Seven people, including two children, were hurt when their private-hire open-top bus crashed into a pedestrian footbridge on a busy North Point thoroughfare on Sunday afternoon.
The double-decker, operated by Citybus, was carrying a group of volunteers taking part in a community event organised by local bank HSBC.
According to police, the bus was making a right turn onto King’s Road from Tin Chiu Street at about 2pm when the top of it slammed into the bottom of the footbridge’s steps.
The walkway links the Healthy Gardens estate to a tram stop and the eastbound side of King’s Road.
Images from the scene showed the top-left corner of the bus caved in and glass shattered across the upper deck.
Afterwards part of King’s Road running eastbound near the crash site was closed to vehicles, disrupting traffic for a while.