14 hurt after minibus slams into back of goods vehicle in Hong Kong

Fourteen people were injured after a minibus crashed into a heavy goods vehicle, Hong Kong police said on Saturday.

The driver reported to police at about 9.30pm that the minibus had hit a heavy goods vehicle in Tsing Yi, and that some passengers had been injured. The crash happened near Ching Chung House at Cheung Ching Estate.

Emergency services found 14 people injured on the minibus. Two were said to have sustained serious injuries.

Photos of the scene show the front of the minibus badly damaged and the windscreen smashed.

A passenger was fitted with a neck brace and taken to hospital while others sat on the ground waiting for medical treatment.