Hong Kong motorcyclist who gave his helmet to passenger killed in crash, woman injured
- Driver, 23, killed after being flung from motorbike on Tam Kon Shan Road; passenger undergoing treatment at hospital for multiple injuries
- ‘When approaching near Tsing Yi Northeast Park, it reportedly lost control and rammed into a flower bed,’ police say
A Hong Kong motorcyclist, who gave his helmet to his female passenger, was killed and the woman injured in the early hours of Tuesday after their vehicle mounted a pavement and crashed into a flower bed.
Emergency personnel were called shortly after the incident occurred at around 4.15am along the westbound lane of Tam Kon Shan Road in Tsing Yi.
Police said the motorbike was being driven by a 23-year-old man and his passenger was a 23-year-old woman.
“When approaching near Tsing Yi Northeast Park, it reportedly lost control and rammed into a flower bed,” the force said.
A source familiar with the situation said the man had only obtained his probationary driving licence last month.
The crash flung the man from motorbike and caused him to land on a nearby pavement, while his bike fell onto one side close to a lamp post on a walkway.
