Nine people, including seven primary school pupils, hurt as school bus hits concrete divider on Hong Kong highway
- Incident comes less than a day after another school bus rolled down slope in North Point, killing four and injuring 11
Nine people, including seven primary school pupils, were hurt when a school bus hit a concrete divider on the Kwun Tong Bypass in Kowloon East early on Tuesday morning.
It was the second accident involving a school bus in less than 24 hours. On Monday afternoon, a 19-seater rolled 100 metres down a slope near Cheung Hong Street in North Point and rammed into a building on Hei Wo Street, killing four people and injuring 11.
Police were alerted to the latest incident at 7.42am on Tuesday.
“Nine people were hurt, including the driver, a nanny and seven pupils,” a police spokesman said. “All of them were conscious.”
Officials said the nanny, a 64-year-old woman, was in critical condition in Prince of Wales Hospital, in Sha Tin, after suffering injuries to her legs and pelvis.
The condition of the 74-year-old driver, who was trapped and had to be freed by firefighters, was said to be serious.