A tram driver knocked down and fatally injured a woman in Wan Chai yesterday evening. Police say they have “not yet” arrested the driver, Mr Wong, 60, who was driving the tram […]
TRAM DRIVER KNOCKS DOWN AND KILLS WOMAN ON WAN CHAI TRACKS
TRAFFIC WARDEN ATTACKED BY TRUCK DRIVER ON QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL
An angry truck driver tried to run over a traffic warden with his 5.5 tonne truck after the warden tried to ticket the illegally parked vehicle on Queen’s Road Central this lunchtime. […]
11 HURT AS MINIBUS DRIVER RUNS RED LIGHT, SMASHES INTO TRUCK
A red minibus driver reportedly careened through a red light in Cheung Sha Wan early this morning, smashing into a 5.5 tonne truck and injuring 11, including nine minibus passengers. A witness […]
DRUNK DRIVER KILLS FRIEND IN GODOWN CAR PARK
Police arrested a man for drunk driving and dangerous driving causing death after he reportedly reversed into his friend, inflicting fatal head wounds. According to police, car driver Mr Law, 39, struck […]
BAD HANDWRITING COSTS POLICE $2.1M IN LOST PARKING TICKET REVENUE
Illegible handwriting caused 6,700 parking tickets, worth over $2.1 million in fines, to be quashed between 2017 and 2020, police figures reveal, as the government proposes legislation to allow more widespread automatic […]
BICYCLE DATA DISPUTE: LAWMAKER FURIOUS AT “SQUARE-MINDED BUREAUCRACY”
Lawmaker Priscilla Leung Mei-fun says the government failure on cycle statistics is “completely unsatisfactory” and says she will push for a motion of full debate on cycling safety if the Secretary for […]
MOTORCYLIST BADLY HURT IN TIN SHUI WAI CRASH, ONE DRIVER FLEES
A man on a motorcycle was rammed by the driver of a car on Tin Ying Road near Tin Shui Wai Hospital this morning, the impact shunting him into a bus and […]
CITYBUS/NWFB 12% BUS FARE HIKE “ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL”, WHILE LONGWIN’S FARE HIKE REQUEST REJECTED
The government has approved four out of five fare hike applications from bus companies, granting both New World First Bus (NWFB) and CityBus a 12% increase, New Lantao Bus a 9.8% rise […]
PETROL STATION WORKER CRUSHED TO DEATH AFTER DRIVER LOSES CONTROL
A 52-year-old woman working at a petrol station in Tim Sum lost a three-day fight for her life yesterday, succumbing to injuries following a car crash which saw her crushed between a […]
8 SECONDS AHEAD: PREDICT ROAD INTERACTIONS TO WIN WAYMO CHALLENGE
Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle (AV) firm Waymo has expanded its open-access dataset with over 100,000 real-life road scenarios curated for “interesting interactions”, and launched a contest to challenge researchers to better predict road […]
