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A seven-vehicle collision on Yuen Long Highway has killed one truck driver and injured six other people, including a young boy.
A seven-vehicle pileup on Yuen Long Highway on February 27, 2025. Photos: Bosco Chu, via Facebook.
At around 7.24 am on Thursday, police received reports of the pileup near Shap Pat Heung Interchange on the highway.
The accident involved four private cars, two light-duty trucks, and a heavy-duty truck, the Hong Kong Police Force told HKFP.
Online videos showed a refrigerator truck, which crashed into a light-duty truck, emitting white smoke and its front part severely damaged.
Local media reported that the refrigerator truck’s driver was trapped in the vehicle for about half an hour before he was rescued by fire services officers.
He was unconscious when he was sent to Pok Oi Hospital for treatment. He was later pronounced dead.
Hong Kong Police Force. File photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP.
The six injured – three men, two women and a boy – were conscious when they were taken to hospital.
Ho Long Sze Kelly is a Hong Kong-based journalist covering politics, criminal justice, human rights, social welfare and education. As a Senior Reporter at Hong Kong Free Press, she has covered the aftermath of the 2019 extradition bill protests and the Covid-19 pandemic extensively, as well as documented the transformation of her home city under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
Kelly has a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong, with a second major in Politics and Public Administration. Prior to joining HKFP in 2020, she was on the frontlines covering the 2019 citywide unrest for South China Morning Post’s Young Post. She also covered sports and youth-related issues.
