Seven pupils sustained minor injuries after a school bus crashed in Yau Tong at noon on Thursday, the second such incident in less than six hours across Hong Kong.
“It rammed into railings along the road. The driver called police himself,” a spokesman for the force said. “The driver and seven pupils were slightly injured and sent to United Christian Hospital in three ambulances.”Separately at 6.24am, a 54-year-old driver lost control of his school bus along Canal Road Flyover, near Queen’s Road East. The vehicle, which was not carrying any children, flipped over and blocked two lanes on the flyover.
In December, four people were killed and 11 injured when an unmanned school bus rolled 100 metres down a street in North Point, hitting pedestrians and other vehicles.