3 dead in Hong Kong bus crash: police | Inquirer News

3 dead in Hong Kong bus crash: police

/ 05:28 PM November 19, 2012

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HONG KONG—Three people died and 48 were injured in a crash involving two double-decker buses and a taxi in Hong Kong on Monday, police said.

Rescue crews rushed to treat dazed and injured passengers at the scene of the pile-up in the eastern district of Shau Kei Wan. Several victims were trapped in the wreckage.

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“The taxi driver and the two passengers in his car were confirmed dead,” traffic police official Tam Wing-leung told reporters, adding the cause of the accident was under investigation.

A passenger on one of the buses told reporters that the driver collapsed at the wheel before the crash.

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