A woman was injured when she was struck by a light rail train and became trapped under the vehicle in Hong Kong on Saturday evening. Police said the incident occurred at the MTR Light Rail Depot stop in Tuen Mun at around 6pm. The train was travelling in the direction of Yuen Long. According to…
A cyclist was seriously injured after being hit by a garbage truck in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening. The accident occurred around 8.30pm near the intersection of Kwai Yi Road and Kwai Foo Road in front of Kwai Chung Police Station in the New Territories. The cyclist, 50, was left semi-unconscious following the collision. Emergency…
A cyclist was seriously injured after being hit by a garbage truck in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening. The accident occurred around 8.30pm near the intersection of Kwai Yi Road and Kwai Foo Road in front of Kwai Chung Police Station in the New Territories. The cyclist, 50, was left semi-unconscious following the collision. Emergency…
A Hongkonger was among those injured when two tour buses collided in Japan on Saturday, according to the city’s immigration authorities. A travel agency also revealed on Sunday that six Hong Kong residents had been travelling on one of the two Tokyo tour buses at the time of the accident. It was not immediately clear…
Two people have been sent to hospital with minor injuries after a light truck slipped down a slope and struck a private car in Hong Kong. Police were alerted to the accident at 1.20pm on Saturday. The incident took place at No 175 Shatin Pass Road, outside Wong Tai Sin’s Fat Jong Temple. The light…
Two people have been sent to hospital with minor injuries after a light truck slipped down a slope and struck a private car in Hong Kong. Police were alerted to the accident at 1.20pm on Saturday. The incident took place at No 175 Shatin Pass Road, outside Wong Tai Sin’s Fat Jong Temple. The light…
China’s so-called century baby has died at 25 from heart attack and is being remembered as a talented artist. From the moment she arrived in the world at midnight on January 1, 2000, Xie Yueqian made national headlines. One at the time read: “To the second, the standard century baby has arrived.” Her birth marked…
A noodle shop owner in China who gave free food to travellers who intervened after a car accident has discovered that the victim they helped was his son. On March 7, a woman and her friend were driving in Guangdong province, southeastern China, when they came across a car accident. A white sedan was diagonally…
A Chinese tourist in Sri Lanka was critically injured after she hung her body out of a moving train for photos and slammed into a tunnel wall. The woman’s actions have sparked a heated debate about travel safety on mainland social media. The 35-year-old is reportedly in critical condition after she suffered severe head and…
Seat belts and child safety restraints have saved countless lives in road accidents. Suffice to say the road toll would be much higher without them. We do know that a lack of belts, or failure to fasten them to restrain the body during collisions, ranks with other deadly risk factors, such as speed, alcohol or…