26 people hurt in Hong Kong as coach mounts concrete divider, topples onto its side in rush-hour traffic
- Vehicle crashes near Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School on elevated section of Texaco Road in Tsuen Wan
- Condition of driver unknown while 25 passengers suffer minor injuries
Twenty-six people were injured when their coach landed on its side after mounting a concrete divider on a busy flyover during the evening rush hour in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
The vehicle crashed near Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School on an elevated section of Texaco Road in Tsuen Wan at 5.47pm, police said.
A police spokesman said the male driver and 25 passengers – 11 men and 14 women – were injured. All of the passengers suffered minor injuries but the condition of the driver was not known.
A video posted online shows the New Territories-bound coach mounting the concrete divider, launching several metres along in the air before landing on the carriageway on its left side. It almost hit a seven-seater vehicle in the opposite lane.
Paramedics attended to some of the injured on the flyover before they were taken to hospital in ambulances. A neck support was placed on one while another had their head bandaged.
