Truck Accident on Hong Kong Highway Kills Worker, Injures Five

Truck driver arrested after accident leaves 1 highway worker dead, 5 others hurt

Hong Kong police arrested a driver after his truck hit a parked vehicle and killed a worker on a closed section of the Cheung Tsing Highway in Tsing Yi in an accident that also left five others, including four South Korean tourists, injured on Thursday. A source said that the accident happened at around 5.10pm when the local driver of a minivan carrying the four tourists pulled over to the side of a lane after one of the vehicle’s tyres burst. A highway worker arrived at the scene in a patrol...

By Lam Ka-sing