Tagged: Sunny Bay
Firefighters battle overnight to put out Sunny Bay hillfire
Firefighters took more than eight hours to extinguish a hillfire in Sunny Bay on Thursday evening.
The fire, which broke out at about 5:30pm, burned on a two-kilometre front along the North Lantau hills.
Firefighters had to bring their equipment up the hill from North Lantau Highway to fight the blaze.
By 2am the fire was contained to an area of just 100 sq metres.
The cause of the blaze is not known.
Photo: Headline Daily News
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
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
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