A female pedestrian, Mrs Wong, 66 years old, was struck and dragged around 10 metres by a taxi on Queen Street, Sheung Wan, this morning, according to police reports. The taxi driver, […]
WOMAN KILLED BY TAXI ON SHEUNG WAN STREET
GOVT MULLING A LIMIT TO DASH-MOUNTED SMARTPHONES
The government may restrict how many phones a driver can mount on a vehicle’s dashboard, with increasing concerns over driver distraction, particularly amongst taxi drivers. Transport chief Frank Chan Fan yesterday told […]
HEROIC PASSERSBY LIFT TAXI TO SAVE PREGNANT LADY AFTER PEDESTRIAN CROSSING CRASH HORROR
Dozens of onlookers showed superhuman strength lifting a smouldering taxi to free a pregnant lady trapped underneath in Tai Po this morning, after a horrific smash which saw one pedestrian dead and […]
ELDERLY MAN DIES AFTER IGNORANT CABBIE DRAGS HIM 400 METRES THROUGH BUSY NEIGHBOURHOOD
An 84-year-old man has died after being dragged more than 400 metres by a taxi driver who police say was unaware he had run the pedestrian over. The victim, Mr Ng, was […]
FLIPPING TAXI INJURES DRIVER AND PASSENGER
A taxi driver hit a concrete barrier and lost control of his cab this morning, overturning the vehicle and injuring himself and his passenger. Driver Mr Tai, 67, was driving along Harcourt […]
POLICE ARREST SUV DRIVER AFTER FATAL TAXI CRASH
Police arrested the driver of a $1m SUV in Sai Kung this morning after he reportedly rammed into a taxi in Sai Kung in a crash which proved fatal to the cab […]
LAWMAKERS PLAN CENTRALISED CLOUD FOR TAXI DASHCAM FOOTAGE
Lawmakers have proposed a centralised cloud of taxi dashcam footage to combat fraud and prevent taxi drivers withholding incriminating footage of their accidents. Frankie Yick Chi-ming, transport-sector lawmaker and transport panel chairman, […]
DELIVERY RIDER CRITICAL AFTER SHA TIN TAXI SMASH
A food delivery rider was knocked off his motorbike and hospitalised after smashing into a taxi that swung across the carriageway in Sha Tin last night. According to police reports, the 40-year-old […]
KWAI FONG PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY TAXI DIES IN HOSPITAL 3 DAYS LATER
A man who was knocked down crossing a road in Kwai Fong last Tuesday (16 February) has died from his injuries in Princess Margaret Hospital. Mr Ng, 72, was crossing Container Port […]
GOVT SHOULD USE MORE TAXIS, SAYS LAWMAKER, ON SOARING COST OF SALOON CAR HIRE
LegCo’s Transport Panel chairman Frankie Yick Chi-ming has called on the government to curb its use of hired saloons and use more taxis after government figures revealed a soaring cost per hire […]
