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Fifteen injured in early morning crash between Hong Kong city bus and coach

  • The accident took place in driving rain at about 7.15am in Kowloon Bay

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Shattered windows on the coach after the collision with a bus in Kowloon Bay on Monday morning. Photo: Facebook
Su Xinqi

Fifteen people were injured in Hong Kong on Monday when a bus collided with a coach during a heavy rainstorm.

The two vehicles, both heading west, crashed outside Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Headquarters on Wang Chiu Road in Kowloon Bay at about 7.15am, according to police.

Television news footage showed the windscreen of the bus – a Citybus double-decker on route 107 – was severely damaged, and several windows on the right side of the coach were shattered.

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Four people on the bus, including the driver, and 11 on the coach were taken to two hospitals – United Christian Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital – to be treated for minor injuries. The police had earlier reported a total of 19 people injured in the accident.

The driver of the coach was arrested.

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The coach after the crash with the bus on Wang Chiu Road in Kowloon, which left 15 people with minor injuries. Photo: Facebook
The coach after the crash with the bus on Wang Chiu Road in Kowloon, which left 15 people with minor injuries. Photo: Facebook
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