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Clifford Lo

Police are investigating whether an illegal car race was under way in Shek O early yesterday when four cars crashed, killing two men and injuring three others.
One of the drivers, 36, burned to death trapped inside his blazing vehicle on Shek O Road near To Tei Wan village, after a head-on collision with another of the cars at about 4.30am.
The second driver, 29, was also trapped in his car. He was freed by firefighters but declared dead at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan about an hour later.
The other two drivers, 26 and 34, were arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death.
Police are looking into whether an illegal race was taking place at the time, a spokeswoman said.
Two of the four cars were going downhill towards Shek O Beach as the other two were in the next lane headed to Chai Wan, police said. The first two cars, going in opposite directions, smashed into each other just as they reached the village outskirts.
"A third car going downhill failed to stop in time and hit the two vehicles," a police officer said. That car hit the fourth vehicle and came to a stop, he said.
"One of the two cars involved in the head-on collision burst into flames and its driver was trapped inside," he said.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and found the driver dead.
A passenger in the second car was hurt, along with the driver and a passenger in the fourth car. All three were taken to hospital and are in stable condition.
The drivers of the third and fourth cars were arrested. Both were detained for questioning and have not been charged.
The section of road was closed to traffic for over five hours until the debris was cleared away.
Anyone with information can call police on 3661 1620. Sixty-one people were killed in 61 road accidents in the first eight months of this year. There were 128 fatal accidents last year and 116 in 2012.


Illegal road race may have led to fatal Shek O crash

Shek O Road

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Hong Kong

Police are investigating whether an illegal car race was under way in Shek O when four cars crashed, killing two men and injuring three others.
