Post Magazine

Hong Kong cab driver dies after crashing into barrier on West Kowloon Corridor

A Hong Kong cab driver died on Wednesday night after crashing into a traffic barrier on the West Kowloon Corridor near Cheung Sha Wan.

Two female passengers in the taxi escaped uninjured, according to local media.

Police said the force received a report about the accident at about 10pm. The crash took place on the section of the corridor near Fat Tseung Street.

The male driver was sent to Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po, where he was certified dead.

This article originally appeared on the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

Copyright (c) 2019. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.

More from Post Magazine

Post Magazine6 min readWorld
Germany's China Shock: As Scholz Leaves Beijing, Others Raise Alarm About Waning Economic Honeymoon
For more than 20 years, Webasto has been at the heart of one of the great economic marriages of modern times. The German company from the industrial suburbs of Munich set up its first plant in Shanghai in 2001, the year China joined the World Trade O
Post Magazine3 min readSecurity
China-Russia Military Exercises Near Taiwan Force US To Revise Plans, Intelligence Chiefs Say
China's joint military exercises with Russian forces near Taiwan have prompted new US defence planning, two top US intelligence officials told Congress on Thursday. The admission came during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in whi
Post Magazine4 min readWorld
US Overtakes Mainland China As Taiwan's Main Export Market, Sign Of 'Strategic Shift' Amid Tech Decoupling
The United States has surpassed mainland China as world hi-tech hub Taiwan's top export destination this year in a sign that supply chain decoupling has made a palpable shift toward Western-allied markets. Taiwan's US$26.625 billion worth of exports