Two police officers stood by as a luxury black Mercedes van ploughed through a red light and into a busy Central pedestrian crossing yesterday, failing to take any action as the driver […]
POLICE IDLE AS VAN PLOUGHS INTO PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
SURPRISE RAILING DEPLOYMENT ENDS CROSSING BATTLE
A year-long fight to formalise an impromptu Causeway Bay pedestrian crossing has ended abruptly after Highways Department (HyD) sealed the passageway with railings. The mass clearance of railings by the government and […]
GARBAGE TRUCK HIT-AND-RUN KILLS PEDESTRIAN, 90
A garbage truck struck and killed an elderly woman who was crossing a road in Aberdeen this morning (9 July), with the truck driver then fleeing the scene in the vehicle. The […]
MAN LYING IN HENNESSY ROAD KILLED BY BUS
Police are searching for clues after a 29-year-old man was struck by a bus and killed this early morning (2 July). According to reports, the man, surnamed Cheung, was lying in the […]
CSI BEMOANS LACK OF SENSOR TECH ON DEATH TRUCKS
Massive trucks in Hong Kong are lacking radar and camera technology that could save elderly pedestrians’ lives, according to a crime scene investigator speaking at a police safety demonstration in Hong Kong […]
“UNFAIR” TO PROSECUTE DRIVERS WHO BLOCK CROSSING, SAY POLICE
Police say it would be “unfair” to prosecute drivers who block a pedestrian crossing on Queen’s Road Central, blaming poor road design not impatient motorists. Last week urban activists uploaded hundreds of […]
VAN MOWS DOWN ELDERLY COUPLE, ONE DIES
Police arrested a van driver after he knocked down two octogenarian pedestrians, one of whom later died in hospital. At around lunchtime yesterday (2 May), 83-year-old Mr Wong was crossing Pau Chung […]
DRIVER ARRESTED AS K-TOWN MINIBUS KNOCKS WOMAN DOWN
Police arrested a 73-year-old minibus driver this afternoon after his minibus knocked down a woman on a busy Kennedy Town street. 66-year-old Ms Chan was crossing Davis Road at around 2.45pm when […]
INJURED CAINE RD PEDESTRIAN SUMMONSED FOR JAYWALKING
Police have summonsed a pedestrian who was struck by a speeding seven-seater driving illegally along Caine Road in February, while giving the scofflaw driver who hit her only a HK$450 fixed penalty […]
MOVING WITH SOCIAL DISTANCE IN HONG KONG
Cities around the world are currently taking emergency measures to enable safe walking in streets during the coronavirus pandemic. With urban commuters frequently wary of crowded public transport, city governments and activists […]
