A snail truck fell off the Lien Cheung Road flyover and hit a school bus yesterday (23rd), resulting in one death and four injuries in a serious accident.
This morning (23rd), a car cam clip was uploaded on the Internet, which captured the moment the Tianluo car fell over the bridge. At that time, the Tianluo car was driving southbound on Laibao Road, Changsha Wan towards Kowloon, and when it came to a bend in the road near Hai Lai Village, The Tianluo car was suspected to be out of balance and leaned to the right, the left rear reel off the ground, and then directly hit the right Shibo guardrail, and then the whole car rolled to the right, four wheels turned upside down and fell onto the bridge, and then disappeared from the screen.
At about 11:55 in the morning yesterday, the conch car involved was driving southbound on Lai Po Road, Cheung Sha Wan towards Kowloon. When it was near the junction of Lien Cheung Road, it suddenly lost control and turned to the right, crashing into the Shibo guardrail on the right. Then it fell into the traffic lane of Lianxiang Road under 18 meters.
Among them, a school bus traveling southbound along the second line of Lian Cheung Road rammed into the rear of the snail car because it was not restrained enough.
The whole car of the snail car and the front of the school bus were severely damaged. The 67-year-old male driver of the snail car, surnamed Peng Tianluo, was seriously injured in multiple places.
The 64-year-old male driver of the school bus surnamed Huang, and the three school bus female nanny (aged 46, 55 and 74) suffered minor injuries and are receiving treatment at Caritas Hospital.
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Preliminary investigation by the police showed that the snail car was traveling at a speed of about 58 kilometers per hour.
Chen Chengzhong said that the police will conduct various investigations on the accident, including the physical condition of the driver at the time, the mechanical performance of the snail car, the speed of the vehicle and the actual road conditions at that time.
Staff from the Government Laboratory have also arrived at the scene to assist in the search of evidence after the incident, and a report will be reported later.
Police appeal to any witnesses to contact the Special Accident Investigation Team 1 of the Traffic Kowloon West Regional Department at 3661 9023 if they have any information to provide.
Regarding the body of a hawk left on the road after the incident, when asked that he suspected that the driver of the snail truck caused the accident by dodging the hawk, Chen Chengzhong pointed out that the police noticed the corpse of the hawk at the scene, but after a preliminary investigation, it was believed that it had nothing to do with the cause of the accident. .
Chen also pointed out that since the crash involved a crash barrier in this case, the safety of the crash barrier on the road section involved will be handed over to the Road Safety Team for follow-up.
The snail truck crashed into the railings like a cannonball and crashed into the bridge and shook the school bus. The concrete mixer flew off the Tsing Sha Highway. The machine and the driver's physical condition will be checked