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Firefighters rescue trapped truck driver, passengers after vehicle plunges down slope on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island
- Emergency personnel rushed to Tung Chung Road near the junction with South Lantau Road in Cheung Sha following accident soon after 11.30am
- Driver, injured passengers were taken to North Lantau Hospital; officers from the New Territories South traffic unit are investigating the case
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A truck driver and two passengers were trapped in their vehicle and had to be freed by firefighters after it crashed through railings and plunged down a slope on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island on Wednesday.
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Emergency personnel were called in when the truck crashed 10 metres down the slope and overturned off Tung Chung Road near the junction with South Lantau Road in Cheung Sha soon after 11.30am.
“A 60-year-old passenger was unconscious and trapped in the vehicle. The driver, 60, and the other passenger, 30, were also unable to climb out as they failed to open the door,” a police spokesman said.
He said railings over an eight-metre stretch were damaged in the crash.
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Firefighters had to scale down the slope to rescue the trio.
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