Bus toppling kills 18 in Hong Kong

At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured when a double-decker bus toppled over in Hong Kong on yesterday evening, police said, reports BSS Photographs on local media websites showed the bus lying on its side with its roof torn off by a road near the town of Tai Po in the northern New Territories. It appeared to have slid on its side and hit a lamppost which cut through the front of the vehicle.

Rescuers were attempting to reach passengers trapped in the wreckage, although police were unable to say how many were still inside the bus.

The dead included 15 males and three females, police said, revising down their earlier toll of 19 killed at the scene. It was not immediately known what caused the accident but passengers quoted by local media said the driver was going fast before the crash. "It was much faster than I normally felt in a bus," an injured passenger told the South China Morning Post's online edition.

 

Bus toppling kills 18 in Hong Kong

At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured when a double-decker bus toppled over in Hong Kong on yesterday evening, police said, reports BSS Photographs on local media websites showed the bus lying on its side with its roof torn off by a road near the town of Tai Po in the northern New Territories. It appeared to have slid on its side and hit a lamppost which cut through the front of the vehicle. Rescuers were attempting to reach passengers trapped in the wreckage, although police were unable to say how many were still inside the bus. The dead included 15 males and three females, police said, revising down their earlier toll of 19 killed at the scene. It was not immediately known what caused the accident but passengers quoted by local media said the driver was going fast before the crash. It was much faster than I normally felt in a bus, an injured passenger told the South China Morning Posts online edition.