Hong Kong taxi driver arrested after crash kills woman, badly injures another
Taxi veered onto pedestrian walkway at about 1.50pm on Choi Ha Road near Chun Wah Road before crashing into planter in nearby sitting area
Hong Kong police have arrested a 70-year-old taxi driver after he lost control of his cab and drove onto a pavement in Ngau Tau Kok, killing a woman and badly injuring another.
A police spokesman said on Wednesday evening that the driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and detained for inquiry.
The force earlier said the cabbie and his two passengers were also hurt when the taxi veered onto the pedestrian walkway at about 1.50pm that day on Choi Ha Road, near Chun Wah Road, before crashing into a concrete flower planter in a nearby sitting-out area.
A source said officers suspected the driver could not stop the taxi in time because the brakes had failed.
Two women in their thirties were struck by the taxi and left unconscious.
They were rushed separately to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei.