Bus driver arrested in Hong Kong after crashing into stationary taxi, killing 2
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“Bus driver arrested in Hong Kong after crashing into stationary taxi, killing 2”
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— Hong Kong was under British rule from 1841 to 1997, except for a brief period of Japanese occupation during the Second World War from 1941 to 1945. It was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom from 184…
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— Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
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— The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public university in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally…
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“Police detain 49-year-old on suspicion of dangerous driving after collision on Lantau Link that kills taxi driver and passenger”
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— Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao or Lan Tau) is the largest island in Hong Kong. Located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, it is part of the New Territories. Administrative…
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— The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing, is a roadway in Hong Kong forming part of Route 8 linking Lantau Island to Tsing Yi, from which other roads lead to the urban areas of Kow…
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— The Big Buddha is a large bronze sculpture of Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, near Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
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“Hong Kong police have arrested a 49-year-old bus driver on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death after a collision that killed two people on Lantau Link”
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— Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao or Lan Tau) is the largest island in Hong Kong. Located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, it is part of the New Territories. Administrative…
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— The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing, is a roadway in Hong Kong forming part of Route 8 linking Lantau Island to Tsing Yi, from which other roads lead to the urban areas of Kow…
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— Lantau Peak, or Fung Wong Shan (literally "Phoenix Mountain"), is a mountain in Lantau South Country Park, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is the second-highest peak in Hong Kong and the highest point on…
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“The accident occurred at 11.16pm on Monday when a double-decker Long Win Bus on route E32A heading towards Tung Chung rammed into a stationary taxi on the Tsing Yi section of the highway, according to police”
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“Firefighters were called to the scene to rescue the 66-year-old taxi driver and his 37-year-old male passenger, who were trapped inside the wreckage”
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“Both were unconscious when they were rushed to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan. Despite showing no visible external injuries, they were later pronounced dead at 12.15am and 12.43am respectively on Tuesday”
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“Meanwhile, a 66-year-old female passenger on the bus sustained minor injuries to her mouth and was treated at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung”
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“The taxi’s front and rear were severely damaged and its back tyres burst upon impact. The front of the Long Win vehicle was also damaged, with its windscreen shattered”
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