Category: Accidents
Police probe after car strikes three cattle, killing one
Police are investigating an accident at Shui Hau in which a car killed one cow and injured two others yesterday afternoon.
The car, a white Volkswagen Golf, struck the three cattle on a bend at 5pm.
The driver was a 35-year-old foreign national. Her husband, who asked not to be identified, said his wife was slowing down to park the car when it collided with the cattle.
Post-accident (Source: Reader supplied)
She had come around the bend in Shui Hau village, about 100-150 metres ahead of her turnoff, when she collided with them. As her airbag activated, she was only aware of striking one.
Her husband said in an email:
The facts are that the cow was on the road, and ran in front of my wife. She had no time to avoid it. It fell onto the car, causing heavy damage, but the bumper was not even pushed in or severely damaged – indicating that her forward speed was not that high!
One of the cattle was heavily injured and was put to sleep by AFCD vets at the scene. A second, also seriously injured, was taken away for treatment.
The AFCD and volunteers are continuing their search this morning for the third animal, which sustained a head injury and wandered from the scene. Lantau News has sought a response from the AFCD.
It is the second fatality near Shui Hau within a year. A female cow died when struck by a taxi in a hit-and-run last June.
LBA president Ho Loy said the association had repeatedly asked the Transport Department to install speed cameras on South Lantau Road and Keung Shan Road to enforce the 50kmh speed limit.
Photo (top): Lantau Buffalo Association
(This story has been updated to include comments from the husband of the driver and deleting remarks reported in the SCMP.com attributed to an unnamed eyewitness.)
Airport worker dies after container accident
A 53-year-old worker died last night after being crushed by a cargo container at Chek Lap Kok Airport last night.
The man, surnamed Cheung, was rushed to North Lantau Hospital after being caught between an air cargo container and a steel door while working at the HACTL SuperTerminal 1 air freight centre.
Medical staff certified him dead just before 1am, HK01 reported. Police classified the incident as industrial accident.
Separately, a security guard found a man passed out in a toilet, also at Super Terminal 1, at 3am. Paramedics called to the scene confirmed he was deceased.
The man, about 50 years old, the owner of a logistics company, had earlier complained to colleagues of chest pain. There were no suspicious circumstances.
Police identify body under N. Lantau flyover
Police have identified a body found at Tsing Chau Wan, North Lantau, yesterday afternoon.
It is that of a 67-year-old man, surnamed Wong, who went missing from his Cheung Sha Wan home on Tuesday evening.
He is believed to have fallen from a 30-metre high flyover. There were no suspicious circumstances.
Family members identified the body at the scene.
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Photo: HK01
Man airlifted off Sunset Peak after plant sting
A man was airlifted off Sunset Peak yesterday after suffering an allergic reaction after being pricked by a plant.
The man and a friend were hiking from Pak Kung Au to Sunset Peak when he began to feel dizzy after being stung by an unidentified plant.
His friend raised the alarm after he passed out at around 3pm.
A Government Flying Service helicopter was despatched to the scene and carried the man to GFS headquarters.
The man regained consciousness and was taken to North Lantau Hospital by ambulance for treatment.
16 in hospital after HAS bus crash on N. Lantau Highway
Sixteen people were injured when a Hong Kong Airport Services (HAS) bus collided with a truck at Sunny Bay early this morning.
The bus, carrying staff to the airport for the morning shift, was trying to overtake a mobile crane when it clipped the rear of the vehicle and careered into a concrete barrier, skidding for 100 metres before coming to a halt.
The 61-year-old bus driver was trapped in the vehicle and had to be cut free, Ming Pao reported..
Of the ten males and six females who were injured, 13 were sent to Princess Margaret Hospital and the remaining three went to North Lantau Hospital for treatment.
By noon, ten had already been discharged.
Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
HAS is a Cathay Pacific subsidiary that provides baggage, aircraft and other airport services.
Photo: HK01
13 injured in N. Lantau Highway bus crash
Thirteen people were hospitalised after a bus carrying a flight crew crashed into a highway maintenance truck on North Lantau Highway yesterday.
The front end of the bus, carrying a foreign flight crew, was seriously damaged after striking the rear of the truck near Siu Ho Wan at 9:30 am.
The bus driver was trapped with leg injuries and had to be freed by firefighters.
The two drivers and 11 passengers were sent to North Lantau and Princess Margaret hospitals.
Photo: NOW TV
Injured driver trapped after vehicle mounts Tung Chung footpath
The driver of a seven-seater vehicle was taken to hospital after the car mounted the footpath near the Tung Chung Fire Station and overturned.
The accident, on Shun Tung Rd at 2pm, trapped the driver inside the vehicle.
After being freed by fire services and ambulance staff, the driver was sent to North Lantau Hospital for treatment.
Police arrest Long Win bus driver over truck crash
The driver of the Long Win bus that ran into the back of a truck near the Lantau Link tollbooth yesterday has been charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury.
The 57 year-old man was released on bail and will appear in court next month, Commercial Radio reported.
Nineteen people were injured when the N31 bus en route to Tsuen Wan hit a stationary goods truck, crushing the top of the double-decker vehicle.
Two passengers were trapped on the upper deck and had to be freed by fire services officers.
A 41-year-old man and 50-year-old man sustained serious injuries in the accident.
It was the the second serious accident on the North Lantau Highway in 11 days.
Eighteen injured after bus hits truck on N. Lantau Highway
At least 18 people were injured when a bus collided with a stationary goods truck near the Lantau Link toll plaza this morning – the latest in a spate of accidents on the airport freeway.
Fire services officers freed two passengers trapped on the upper deck of the bus. One of them, a 40-year-old man, was found unconscious and taken to Princess Margaret Hospital.
Three other passengers suffered “relatively serious” injuries, according to Commercial Radio.
The accident took place at around 5am when a Long Win N31 bus travelling from the airport to Tsuen Wan ran into the back of a medium-sized truck that had stopped on the freeway shoulder, HK01 reported.
The impact of the collision pushed the truck 50 metres forward and severely damaged both vehicles.
The two trapped passengers had been sitting in the front five rows of the bus.
It wasn’t the only accident on the North Lantau Highway this morning.
At around 6am, a motorbike collided with a car in the airport-bound lane, also near the toll plaza. The rider was conscious but unable to speak and was taken to hospital, HK01 reported.
The 14-kilometre highway has come under scrutiny since a taxi driver died in a chain collision ten days ago.
Police are considering extra patrols but the Transport Department has no plans to reduce the speed limit.
Photo: HK01
Village chief falls to death near Lantau Peak
A 69-year-old Sha Tin village chief died in a cliff fall at Kau Nga Ling in South Lantau yesterday.
Lau Houming, the head of Sun Tin village, died of head injuries after falling 30 metres.
The Government Flying Service sent two helicopters but he was declared deceased at the scene, Apple Daily reported.
Lau was in a party of 16 that began climbing from Shek Pik. At about 1.30 pm, as they began descending toward Tong Fuk, Lau lost his footing and fell down the slope.
The GFS service said it had to despatch two helicopters to carry the large rescue team – four civil aid staff, a doctor, nurses and flight crew.
Because of the difficult location the rescue helicopter had to make several passes before paramedics could be winched down to the scene.
The hike up Kau Ngau Ling (literally ‘dog teeth ridge’), which lies roughly between Lantau Peak and Shek Pik, is rated as 5-star difficulty.
Photo ( top): Government Flying Service
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