Children among dozens hurt in Lantau bus crash
Thirty-four people were injured, three of them seriously, when a school bus and a double-decker collided on Lantau on Thursday morning. Two children and the school bus driver were taken to hospital following the smash on Cheung Tung Road at around 8am. The others hurt were only said to have suffered minor injuries. Images showed the front of the school bus had crumpled up, while parts of the double-decker's windshield had come off. The vehicles were travelling in opposite directions on Cheung Tung Road when the accident occurred. Frances Fong, who said she was on the double-decker, told RTHK she saw many injured people.  "I was sitting backwards and suddenly I could feel the bus braking, and then some passengers opposite to me lunged forward and we made contact. But it wasn't that bad," she said. "We could hear an impact that sounded like glass shattering. When I looked, there was glass... Then we realised we had just been in a road accident."  The English Schools Foundation (ESF) said the school bus had been heading to its college in Discovery Bay.  "Contact is being made with the parents of the students who were travelling on the bus, and ESF staff are liaising directly with the bus operator," it wrote in a social media post. _____________________________
Last updated: 2023-08-31 HKT 16:06 