A man was injured when a truck carrying pig carcasses crashed into a convenience store in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning. Police said they received a report at 8.24am that a medium-sized truck had smashed into a shopfront on Gage Street in Central. The man, a customer at the store, sustained injuries to his forehead…
A man has been injured after a truck carrying pig carcasses crashed into a convenience store in Hong Kong. Police said they received a report at 8.24am on Tuesday that a medium-sized truck had struck a convenience store on Gage Street in Central. The man, a customer at the convenience store, sustained injuries to his…
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