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Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po, taxis shoveled on a safety island, many people were trapped under the car, 1 dead and 9 injured

2021-08-22T08:01:02.273Z


At about 11 am today (22nd), off No. 102 Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po, a red taxi shoveled onto the safety island. Many citizens witnessed the report and many people were trapped under the car. The scene footage showed that a large number of citizens worked together to lift the taxi,


At about 11 am today (22nd), off No. 102 Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po, a red taxi shoveled onto the safety island. Many citizens witnessed the report and many people were trapped under the car.

The scene footage showed that a large number of citizens lifted the taxi together and rescued the trapped people. The fire department sent 7 ambulances to the scene. One passerby was certified dead, and there were 9 injured, including a pregnant woman and the taxi driver.

After the initial investigation by the police, the 63-year-old taxi driver was arrested.


The citizens worked together to rescue the people trapped under the car.

(Screenshot of online snippet)

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The accident caused the death of a 59-year-old man, and 4 men and 5 women were injured. They were between 4 and 74 years old, including a taxi driver, a pregnant woman and a 4-year-old boy.

Among them, the pregnant woman was caught under the car and rescued by a taxi lifted by Duoli Pass. Fortunately, she was conscious and rushed to the Prince of Wales Hospital with another 4-year-old child and an elderly woman who was injured; another The woman fell into a coma and was sent to the North District Hospital for rescue.

In addition, 2 women and 1 man suffered minor injuries and were sent to Nethersole and Prince of Wales Hospital for treatment.

The taxi driver was also injured and sent to hospital.

The police arrived at the scene to pull up the cordon to investigate. A few citizens watched and the police urged them to leave.

There were two lanes of traffic going back and forth at the scene. After the taxis shoveled onto the safety island, they stopped in the middle of the back and forth lanes. There was a large beach of blood on the scene. Green tents were set up on the scene to cover the remains of the deceased.

The KMB announced that it was affected by the traffic accident on Kwong Fuk Road in Tai Po, causing traffic congestion in the vicinity of Kwong Fuk Road in Tai Po. KMB and Lung Wan's bus routes passing there may be delayed or temporarily diverted.

Passengers can log in to the KMB smartphone app to check individual route information.

For enquiries, please call KMB’s customer service hotline 2745-4466, or use App 1933 and the instant chat function on the KMB website.

Terrorist traffic accident in Tai Po|Turn the green light for 11 seconds "The God of Death is coming" The moment the taxi hits the safety island, the terror traffic accident in Tai Po was exposed. More than 20 passers-by under the car worked together to remove the taxi to save people

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Source: hk1

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