Burst
Written by: Zhu Yashuang, Kong Fanxu, Wang Yang, Yang Yongwu
2020-01-21 22:05
Last updated: 2020-01-22 01:08[01﹕00] Acting Chief Executive Zhang Jianzong went to Tuen Mun Hospital to understand the incident and has entered the emergency room.
At about 9 pm on the 21st, the police received a report that a boat hit and an unknown object sank out of the sand bar facing Long Gutan in Tuen Mun. Five people on board fell into the sea. Marine police arrived at the scene to rescue at least two people. Search and rescue are still ongoing, and the flight service team also sent helicopters to search over the sky. According to the latest news, 5 people have been rescued, of which 2 men were consciously sent to North Lantau Hospital; the other 2 men and 1 woman were unconscious and sent to Tuen Mun Hospital. However, they were certified dead in the early hours of today (22).
It is understood that the vessel involved was a customs vessel with a port number of CE13 and was a shallow-water patrol vessel. It was made in China and was pursuing interception at the time of the incident. After the accident, the entire ship was severely damaged and sank immediately. Sources said that the three dead customs officers were trapped in the "mortuary" after the accident and were rescued by the fire frogman about 40 minutes later. According to the Customs website, the tasks of shallow water patrol boats include the pursuit of smuggling speedboats and motor boats.
At half past midnight, Deng Yihai, the Commissioner of Customs and Excise, arrived at Tuen Mun Hospital to learn about the situation.
The injured was unconscious and sent to hospital. (Photo by Kong Fan)
The injured was unconscious and sent to hospital. (Photo by Kong Fan)
Wrecks are frequent. On the 19th of last month, a small police speed boat off the coast of Sai Kung, Sai Kung, collided while chasing a suspected smuggling ship. The small police boat overturned and three police officers fell into the sea and were injured; in the evening of the 4th A fishing boat sank out of the sea off Tung Chung Shaluowan. Eight people fell into the sea. Seven people were rescued and one person disappeared. A male floating body was found four days later, believed to be the missing person.
Collision customs