Hong Kong man, 21, arrested for drink-driving after car crashes into four road workers
Men had marked out work area with cones and signs, and were wearing high-visibility reflective vests
A motorist was arrested for drink- driving after his car was in collision with four road maintenance workers in the New Territories in the early hours of Thursday.
Police were investigating whether the vehicle involved, a Honda, ran a red light and travelled on the wrong side of the road before the incident near a Light Rail station on the Yuen Long section of Castle Peak Road at about 2.30am.
“The vehicle is suspected to have gone out of control, crashing into a roadworks site and hitting the four men,” a police spokesman said.
It is understood cones and signs were used to mark off the site, and the workers were wearing high-visibility reflective vests at the time.
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The men, aged 40 to 63, were conscious when taken to Pok Oi Hospital and Tuen Mun Hospital.