Guwahati: In a shocking and saddening incident of a road accident in Hong Kong, 5 people were killed and 32 others were injured on Friday. The accident took place when a coach carrying the passengers to Hong Kong's airport collided with a taxi. The severity of the collision was so hard that passengers sitting inside the coach were thrown out from its windows.
As a result of the hard collision between the two vehicles, the back of the taxi has got badly crushed with the front of the coach being shaved off. The passengers killed in the accident included the taxi driver, two men, and two women.
Although the coach was a tourist coach, but during the accident, it was reported to have carried workers to the airport. Apart from the ones who died on the spot, the injured passengers too are in a serious health condition. As stated by one of the passengers of the coach, the coach was on a heavy speed and crashed into a stationary taxi with its hazard lights on at the side of the road.
A passenger stated, “It seemed to me that the coach did not slow down. I fell onto the floor (when it crashed).”
Another added, “The bus hit once, then hit left and right, and hit the roadside to stop.”
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