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Written by: Lu Jiayu
2021-06-04 18:54
Last update date: 2021-06-04 18:55
Today (4th) a school bus carrying 55 primary school students in Sha Tin lost control and crashed into a bicycle track. The accident caused 24 injuries, including more than 20 school children.
Initial investigation by the police indicated that the school bus driver suspected that he did not follow the right turn mark on the road and went straight and caused an accident. The school bus driver has been arrested for dangerous driving.
Some experts pointed out that the school bus decelerated to 45 kilometers per hour after hitting the road and the vehicle in front. However, if it hit the wall and stopped, the impulse still reached 29 tons. Fortunately, the students had buckled their seat belts to block the inertial force.
At about 1 o'clock this afternoon, a school bus was suspected of running out of control at 52 Tai Chung Kiu Road, Sha Tin, near Regal Garden, and then dashed off the cycling track. The bus was carrying 55 Sha Tin Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary School. Among them, more than 20 students suffered minor injuries and the school bus driver suffered fractures. A total of 24 were sent to hospital for treatment.
After preliminary investigation by the police, it was suspected that the school bus driver did not observe the road markings for turning right only and drove straight ahead, resulting in the accident.
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School children recall that the school bus suddenly rushed down the cycling track
One of the schoolchildren said that he was sitting on the left side of the tenth row of the car at the time of the incident. "When you hit a caterer, you hit your head." He described the school bus at the same speed as usual, but suddenly became faster and rushed towards the bicycle. By the way, the classmates in the same car were also panicked.
Shatin school bus accident│55 schoolchildren buckled their seat belts to protect their lives. Driver suspected of failing to observe road signs and involved dangerous driving
Shatin school bus is suspected of running out of control and crashing on cycling track, 55 students are frightened and 24 others are injured
Expert: If hitting a wall, the impulse to stop suddenly reaches 29 tons
The former engineer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Lu Jueqiang, said that the school bus was estimated to be 80 kilometers per hour before it lost control, and then crashed into the vehicle ahead after crashing the traffic light. The speed was reduced to 45 kilometers per hour, but the school bus was used The weight behind the passenger is estimated to be about 14 tons. If a school bus hits an obstacle at 45 kilometers per hour, such as a wall that causes a rapid stop, the impact force can reach 29 tons, and the consequences would be disastrous.
Lu Jueqiang also pointed out that fortunately, the students in the car had buckled their seat belts, otherwise they would "fall in the sun" due to inertial forces in the crash.
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