Hong Kong road accident involving bus, taxi, and Porsche leaves 12 injured
- Bus ‘hit taxi while trying to swerve to avoid collision as a vehicle suddenly cut into its lane’ on Island Eastern Corridor, public transport operator says
- Police say 10 people were taken to hospital and treated for injuries
At least twelve people were injured when a double-decker bus, a taxi, and a Porsche were involved in a crash on Hong Kong’s Island Eastern Corridor motorway near City Garden at about 11am on New Year’s Day.
A police spokesperson said a bus of the route 720 which runs between Central and Sai Wan Ho suddenly lost control and hit the roadside kerb on its right, also trapping a taxi that was behind it. Seconds later, a Porsche that was passing the crash collided with the taxi and stopped after hitting the kerb.
A spokesman for New World First Bus gave a different version of the accident. He said a vehicle suddenly cut into the lane in front of the double-decker, causing it to first swerve into a kerb on its left, only to go right then and hit a taxi.
The windscreen of the bus was smashed and its left side was badly damaged. The taxi was sandwiched between the bus and the kerb in the middle of the road, with parts of its bumper ripped off.
The driver of the Porsche that was passing the crash said one of the car’s tyres was damaged in the accident.