Hong Kong woman dies after car tried to overtake another in Christmas Day traffic accident in mainland China
- Woman was passenger with two other Hongkongers, both in serious condition, in car that tried to pass another before slamming into oncoming vehicle
- Vehicles collided on road in Tiziling village in Lechang, a county-level city under administration of Shaoguan in northern Guangdong
A Hong Kong woman died on Christmas Day after the car she was a passenger in tried to overtake another and crashed head-on with another vehicle in mainland China’s Guangdong province, authorities across the border have said.
Representatives from a hospital in Shaoguan city said two other Hongkongers, a man and a woman, were in a serious condition, with one suffering multiple fractures.
Yin Wenhua, who heads the health service session of Yuebei People’s Hospital, on Wednesday said the two were being treated in the intensive care unit.
Hongkonger killed in Christmas Day traffic accident in Guangdong province
“They suffered injuries to the abdomen and chest,” he said. “The female also had multiple bone fractures. The situation is complicated and serious.”
The three residents were passengers in the car with two other people. The driver of their vehicle tried to overtake a car in front of them before it slammed head-on into an oncoming vehicle, the Shaoguan city municipal government said.
The crash happened on a road in Tiziling village in Lechang, a county-level city under the administration of Shaoguan in northern Guangdong.
Shaoguan city authorities said the car that tried to overtake was licensed in Shaoguan, and the other was registered in the Guangdong city of Dongguan.
Mainland authorities carried out breath tests on the two drivers and found neither were under the influence of alcohol.
Shaoguan city police are investigating the incident.
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The Hong Kong woman was pronounced dead at Lechang Second People’s Hospital.
The other two Hongkongers were first sent to the same hospital but transferred on Tuesday night to Yuebei People’s Hospital, the largest grade 3A facility in northern Guangdong.
Grade 3A medical facilities are considered the highest tier on the mainland.
Yin said the hospital would continue to monitor the patients’ condition.
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“The hospital has formed a multidisciplinary treatment team for the patients and they will adjust medical plans accordingly based on the evolving condition of the injured,” he added.
Yin said both patients could communicate with medical personnel but were not able to take in any food.
He added that the injured were not candidates for long-distance transfer because of the bone fractures they had suffered.
The hospital said it had not had any requests from the patients or their families for them to be moved back to Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong earlier said the car involved in the incident was not a ride-hailing vehicle or a Hong Kong-licensed car under the northbound travel scheme, which allows residents with permits to drive in Guangdong.
