Driver and 12 passengers hurt after minibus rams into back of cement mixer truck in northern Hong Kong

A minibus driver and his 12 passengers were injured when his vehicle rammed into the back of a cement mixer truck in northern Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon.

Emergency personnel were called at 2.49pm after the crash near Fortune Garden on Ting Kok Road, Tai Po.

“Initial investigation showed 13 people were slightly injured and they were the driver of the minibus and his 12 passengers,” a police spokeswoman said, adding that the truck driver was unhurt in the incident.

According to the Fire Services Department, 10 ambulances and five fire engines were sent to the scene of the crash. One of the injured wore an oxygen mask and was stretchered into an ambulance.

The minibus’ windscreen was smashed in the accident.

Officers from the police’s New Territories North traffic unit were handling the case.