Hong Kong double-decker bus crashes: 19 killed, dozens hurt
HONG KONG/JAKARTA: A doubledecker bus lost control and crashed in a Hong Kong suburb on Saturday evening, killing 19 people and injuring dozens more, authorities in the southern Chinese city said.
Local media reports said the bus tipped over and quoted passengers as saying it was full and traveling very fast.
Police said they are investigating and arrested the driver on dangerous driving charges.
The crash left 15 men and four women dead and sent more than 60 others to a hospital.
Photos and videos published by local media or posted on social media showed the bus lying on its side while emergency workers treat injured passengers.
TV channels broadcast footage of rescuers cutting open the roof of the bus, operated by the Kowloon Motor Bus Co., and bodies of passengers laid out on the ground, covered in white sheets.
Multiple passengers interviewed by the TVB and Cable TV news channels said the bus was speeding. The passengers were not identified by name.
27 KILLED AS BUS CRASHES IN INDONESIA
A packed tourist bus returning from an outing collided with a motorbike and plunged from a hill on Indonesia’s main island of Java after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 27 people, police said Sunday.
At least 18 others were hospitalised with injuries, some in critical condition, following the crash Saturday on a winding slope in Subang in West Java province, said local police chief Muhammad Joni.
Television footage showed police, soldiers and medical personnel evacuating the victims from the upside-down bus, which was carrying more than 40 local tourists. The bus was headed for Tangerang, a satellite city just south of the capital, Jakarta, from West Java’s Tangkuban Perahu, a popular mountainous resort.