Taxi mounts pavement and strikes pedestrian after swerving to avoid hitting man in wheelchair in Hong Kong
- Taxi driver says green light was in his favour at Sham Shui Po crossing
- Man, 55, was taken to hospital with leg injuries
A taxi mounted the pavement and hit a pedestrian while swerving to avoid an elderly wheelchair user at a crossing in Hong Kong on Thursday.
The vehicle was heading south on Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po when, shortly after 8.30am, at the junction with Nam Cheong Street, the driver veered left to avoid hitting an elderly man in an electric wheelchair who was in the middle of the road at the pedestrian crossing.
“The green light was showing for vehicles when the incident happened,” the 50-year-old taxi driver, surnamed Chan said, adding that the elderly man might have been killed if he had not swerved.
According to police, the taxi, which was carrying a female passenger, mounted the pavement and struck a 55-year-old male pedestrian. The man in the wheelchair was not hit in the incident.
A police spokesman said the man who was struck suffered leg injuries and he was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment.
