GOVT-CONTRACTED DRIVER ARRESTED AS PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON PAVEMENT IN 3RD SANITATION TRUCK DEATH IN 10 DAYS
A government-contracted driver lost control of his cleaning truck last night, ploughing into five vehicles and causing a shunt which killed a 65-year-old pedestrian on the pavement. 65-year-old driver Mr Luk was […]
TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER HIT-AND-RUN PUTS CYCLIST IN HOSPITAL
Police this afternoon caught up with and arrested a truck driver six hours after a serious crash which hospitalized a 70 year-old man. Mr So, 70, was riding a bicycle along Kam […]
ANOTHER GARBAGE TRUCK DEATH AS FEHD DRIVER KILLS 85-YEAR-OLD PEDESTRIAN
A government garbage truck driver knocked over and killed an elderly man in Cheung Sha Wan this morning, the second garbage truck death in six days and coming a month after a […]
HIGH COURT SLAMS MAGISTRATE “BIAS” IN PEDESTRIAN CRASH VICTIM’S 91-DAY “JAYWALKING” TRIAL
The High Court has thrown out a Deputy Magistrate’s “tainted” and “bias[ed]” decision on HK$620,000 court costs and called for Bar Association and Law Society investigations into two defence lawyers following a […]
MAN RIDING BICYCLE KILLED IN TUEN MUN, VAN DRIVER ARRESTED
A 71-year-old man riding a bicycle died after being knocked down by a van driver in Tuen Mun early this morning. Police do not yet have full details of the tragedy – […]
GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER 93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KILLED CROSSING THE ROAD
A 93-year-old woman has died after a garbage truck driver ran her over on a Chai Wan side street this morning. According to reports, 48-year-old Baguio employee Mr Leung was driving the […]
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TESTED ON PUBLIC ROADS, RESEARCHERS AND GOVT REFUSE TO COMMENT
Researchers and the government are keeping quiet as video emerged showing an apparent test of an autonomous vehicle (AV) on a public Hong Kong road in June this year. In video shared […]
A NEW CRUSADE: POLICE HAVE QUIETLY REPLACED TOP TRAFFIC COP (BUT REFUSE TO SAY WHEN)
Hong Kong has a new chief of traffic police, Crusade Yau Siu-kei, replacing Damon Au Wing-leung, who held the post for less than two years. But police have refused to state exactly […]
234 SUMMONSES GIVEN IN POLICE CRACKDOWN ON PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE ON BICYCLES
Police across the territory have stepped up operations to “combat pedestrian traffic violations” and targeting “bicycle-related activities”, with two major operations on Hong Kong Island netting 150 pedestrians summonses, an operation in […]
QUARANTINE BUSES: GOVT BLAMES “URGENCY” FOR UNUSUAL CONTRACTING
The government has defended its use of a middleman to procure millions of dollars of quarantine bus services, claiming the unusual procedure was “due to the urgency of providing the transport service” […]
