Almost 40 people – including many children – were injured in a collision involving a double-decker and a school bus in Hong Kong on Thursday morning, with the school bus driver and two students sustaining more serious injuries.
The bus, carrying ESF Discovery College pupils, and a Discovery Bay bus collided at around 7 am near Sham Shui Kok Substation in Tung Chung. Police said 37 people, including 19 students, were injured.
Two students and the school bus driver who suffered from more serious injuries were taken to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment. Others suffered minor injuries and were hospitalised in batches. Police did not specify the injuries.
Photos circulated online showed that both vehicles had been pushed into bushes on the roadside and were severely damaged. Some pupils sat at the roadside while first aid personnel attended to them.
ESF Discovery College confirmed that a school bus travelling to the school in Discovery Bay on Lantau Island was involved in a traffic accident with another bus. School staff were onsite to offer support and liaise with the bus operator, the school said in a statement, adding it contacted parents of the students on board.
The Islands District Office set up an interdepartmental help desk in the emergency unit of the North Lantau Hospital to offer assistance to the public.
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