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Clifford Lo

A Hong Kong motorist has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and dangerous driving causing death after a road worker was killed near Tai Lam Tunnel early on Friday morning.
Chan Chi-hang, 32, died when the driver of a BMW seven-seater hit him as he was standing behind a truck at roadworks on the Yuen Long-bound Tsing Long Highway, near the tunnel’s toll gate in Pat Heung at about 4am.
The car crashed into Chan soon after driving through the tunnel’s toll gate, according to police.
Chan died instantly when the car pinned him against the back of the truck, and police said he was certified dead at the scene.

The front of the BMW suffered extensive damage, but its 25-year-old male driver, who was alone in the vehicle, escaped serious injury and was treated at the scene.
As of noon, he was being held for questioning and had not been charged. Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact officers on 3661 3800.
It was the third fatal traffic accident on the same highway in four months.
On July 18, a bus driver died and 14 other people were hurt in a collision between a Citybus double-decker and a truck outside the Pat Heung exit of the tunnel.
On August 14, a 44-year-old woman died after being knocked down by a car when she was crossing the six-lane highway in Tsing Yi, near the Ting Kau Bridge.
Police figures show that 79 people died in 78 fatal traffic accidents across the city in the first nine months of this year.


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The driver of the BMW seven-seater involved in a fatal collision was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving causing death. Photo: Handout

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Chan Chi-hang was working on the Tsing Long Highway near Tai Lam Tunnel when he was hit by car
Driver of seven-seater BMW has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and dangerous driving causing death



Chan Chi-hang was working on the Tsing Long Highway near Tai Lam Tunnel when he was hit by car, and driver has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and dangerous driving causing death.


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