Fire services treatment truck hits car at Taikoo Shing blaze
HK01 · 1 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
A Fire Services Department mobile casualty treatment centre was involved in a minor traffic collision while heading to a fire scene outside Taikoo Shing Centre on Saturday afternoon. The vehicle struck a parked private car while reversing, and no injuries were reported in the crash.
Key Points
- Police said they received a report at 4.11pm of a collision between an ambulance vehicle and a parked private car at the junction of Tai Fung Road and Tai Koo Wan Road.
- The Fire Services Department said the mobile casualty treatment centre was on its way to assist at the fire scene and was carrying no casualties at the time.
- During the reversing manoeuvre, the treatment vehicle collided with a private car, and it did not reach the fire scene because it had to deal with the traffic accident.
- A video circulating online showed a policewoman directing traffic at the junction, stopping a red taxi before signalling the treatment vehicle to continue reversing.
- The earlier fire involved a suspected air-conditioner blaze at a flat in Begonia Mansion, Harbour View Gardens, with 16 people feeling unwell and more than 20 waiting on the rooftop.
Why It Matters
The collision temporarily removed a specialist emergency support vehicle from a live incident, even though no one was hurt in the road accident. For residents and road users, the episode also draws attention to the pressure and complexity of traffic control around active rescue operations in dense urban areas.