Two people were killed and 19 others injured after two
double-decker buses collided at a road intersection in Hong Kong
overnight, police said.
The two buses, one eastbound driven by a 60-year-old man and the
other southbound by a 29-year-old, collided in Tseung Kwan O on the
Kowloon peninsula at 11:50 p.m. Friday, the police said in a
statement early Saturday, adding that both drivers were
injured.
Two women passengers were subsequently pronounced dead just
after midnight.
Of the injured, a woman remained critically ill at a local
hospital and a man and a four-year-old girl were in serious
condition, the local RTHK radio reported.
A woman and a man, currently in hospital, were in stable
condition, while 12 others were hospitalized, treated and
discharged by Saturday morning, it added.
The police said a special investigation team was investigating
the accident.
Densely populated Hong Kong has one of the world's most
developed and efficient public transport system, and buses, of
which most are high double-decker ones, usually travel fast but
orderly.
(Xinhua News Agency December 15, 2007)