Mobile crane ploughs into vehicles near Hong Kong’s Peak Tram terminus
- Four people, including a young woman pedestrian, slightly injured
- Dash camera captures dramatic image of crane hurtling through red light
Four people were injured on Wednesday when the driver of a mobile crane lost control coming down a hill in Central, ploughing into two vehicles and pushing them onto the pavement outside the Peak Tram terminus.
At around 3pm, the crane-equipped vehicle came hurtling down Magazine Gap Road, making a turn on Garden Road.
A witness’s dashboard camera filmed the crane truck smashing into the back of a minivan, driving it forward into a taxi that was stopped at a red light outside the US consulate on Garden Road.
The mobile crane then pushed the two vehicles into oncoming traffic as it raced down the slope. The crane truck did not stop until it knocked down pillars and railings and partially mounted the stairway outside the St John’s Building, which houses the Peak Tram lower terminus. Images showed the cab of the crane crushed against one of the building’s entrance pillars.
Slight injuries were suffered by the taxi driver, 56, the van driver, 28, and a 68-year-old passenger on the crane truck. The three victims were taken to Queen Mary Hospital. A 10-year-old girl, who had been a pedestrian, was taken to hospital by her family with minor injuries.
