At 10:16 today (8th), the police received multiple reports that at No. 4 Broadwood Road, So Kon Po, Happy Valley, a scaffold at Broadwood Terrace collapsed under the influence of a typhoon, suppressing 2 vehicles and the entire Broadwood Road. Roadway.
The police and firefighters arrived at the scene and rescued two drivers. One of them injured his hand.
It is understood that the area of the scaffold in question collapsed was quite large, and the back and forth lines were suppressed, and the traffic on the site was blocked.
From the online video, it can be seen that the scaffolding collapsed from the site location on the Lohas platform, overwhelming several trees on Lohas Road, and some of the scaffolding fell onto the pavement and traffic lanes. Police and firefighters conducted search and rescue operations at the scene.
At the scene, the road was blocked due to the collapse of the scaffolding. The pictures on the Internet showed that some taxis were going to turn back.
The Transport Department pointed out at 10:35 in the morning that the entire line of Broadwood Road (round-trip direction) near Beverly Hills had been closed due to the collapse of the scaffolding.
Motorists please consider using other roads.
The traffic on the site is heavy at present.