Two hit, one fatally, in separate crashes in an hour at same Hong Kong intersection

An elderly woman died and another escaped serious injury in two separate traffic crashes that happened at the same intersection in Cheung Sha Wan within an hour of each other today.

The woman’s death was the city’s second road fatality in three days. Police are still trying to identify her.

The woman, thought to be between 70 and 80 years old, was trying to cross Castle Peak Road at the intersection with Tonkin Street when the accident happened at about 10.30am.

According to police, the site was about 10 metres away from the pedestrian crossing area.

A delivery van that had been stopped at a red light knocked the woman down when the traffic light turned green and it began to move forward, said senior inspector Sun Lun-yum of Kowloon West traffic unit.

“She was hit by the front left of the vehicle and then went underneath the vehicle before being run over by the front-left wheel of the vehicle,” he said.

She fell into coma and was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in Lai Chi Kok, where she was declared dead.