Cabby killed, 9 others injured after taxi hits bus, truck on Lantau Island
A cab driver was killed and at least nine other people were injured after his taxi collided with a bus and a truck on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island on Tuesday night. Police said at around 8pm that they had received reports of a crash on Cheung Tung Road involving a taxi, a truck and a DB03P bus heading from Discovery Bay to Sunny Bay MTR station. The taxi driver was knocked unconscious and became…
A taxi driver died and 11 others were injured in a collision involving a taxi, a bus, and a truck on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, on Tuesday evening. The taxi, en route towards Tung Chung, attempted to overtake a truck on Cheung Tung Road around 8pm. In an attempt to pass the truck in the same lane, the taxi driver swerved into the opposite lane, resulting in a collision with a route DB03P bus heading from Discovery Bay to the Sunny Bay MTR station.
Following the impact, the taxi came to a halt and collided with the truck. The 59-year-old taxi driver was knocked unconscious and trapped in the wreckage of his vehicle. His male passenger sustained back and neck injuries. Nine passengers on the bus and the 59-year-old truck driver suffered minor injuries. The truck driver remained unhurt.
Emergency services transported the taxi driver and several injured passengers to North Lantau Hospital in Tung Chung, where he was pronounced dead at 9:20pm. The remaining injured individuals were transported to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung.
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