Burst
Written by: Diwen Huang and Ding An
2020-01-22 01:13
Last updated: 2020-01-22 01:42At 9 o'clock last night (22nd), a dragon boat hit the unknown surface out of the sand bar in Tuen Mun, and a customs speedboat sank into an unknown object. Five people fell into the sea. Two men and one woman were unconscious and sent to hospital for treatment. Fire Department and Customs explain the incident.
At about 9 p.m. on the 21st, the police received a report that a boat crashed and an unknown object sank out of the sand bar just outside Longgu Beach 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, Acting Chief Executive Zhang Jianzong, Director of the Security Bureau Li Jiachao, and Commissioner of Customs and Excise Deng Yihai arrived at Tuen Mun Hospital for information.
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