At least 5 dead in road accident in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: At least five people were killed and more than 30 injured in a car crash on early Friday in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

Five people were killed and 32 injured when a coach carrying Cathay Pacific staff to Hong Kong’s airport collided with a taxi on Friday (Nov 30), police said, with passengers thrown from the coach’s windows on impact.

Three people were confirmed dead at the scene. Another two died after being sent to hospital, the HKSAR government`s press service department said.

he back half of the taxi was completely crushed and both sides of the bus were damaged with traces of blood on the outside following the crash on the island of Tsing Yi.

Police said the collision had happened in the left lane of the main road – the taxi had stopped with its hazard lights on and the coach ploughed into it.

“We believe the taxi was broken down and stopped on the left lane of the road. Around 40 seconds later, a coach hit it from behind,” police superintendent Yip Siu-ming said.

The coach then lost control, Yip added, hitting the right-hand side crash barrier and then the left one and throwing three passengers out of the coach. The 62-year-old driver was also hurled from the vehicle and injured.

The taxi driver, two men and two women coach passengers were killed, according to police.