Hong Kong motorcyclist killed in truck collision, while in separate accident, two injured after 10-metre tree falls
- Man dies after becoming trapped under truck during incident in Mid-Levels
- Tree fall in Pok Fu Lam smashes windscreen on double-decker bus and minibus
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash and two men were sent to hospital after a tree toppled over, in separate accidents on Hong Kong’s roads on Thursday.
Police said a 50-year-old man died after a collision between his motorbike and a truck in the Mid-Levels area of Central just before 9.30am.
According to the force, the man was trapped under the truck after the crash on Borrett Road, near the junction with Bowen Road. He was sent unconscious to Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan Chai, where he later died.
Police arrested the truck driver, 69, on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death. As of Thursday afternoon, the man was still being held for questioning and had not been charged.
Earlier, a 10-metre-tall tree fell and hit three vehicles, including a double-decker bus, in the western part of Hong Kong Island, putting two men in hospital.
