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Three people have been injured after a minibus mounted a pavement and crashed into a convenience store on Smithfield, Kennedy Town on Tuesday.
A minibus smashed into a 7-Eleven convenience store in Kennedy Town on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Photo: Johnny Wan/HKFP.
At around 1.40 pm, a green-top minibus, with no passengers, rolled down Smithfield and eventually crashed into a 7-Eleven store at the intersection of Smithfield and Forbes Street, police told HKFP.
A minibus smashed into a 7-Eleven convenience store in Kennedy Town on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Photo: Johnny Wan/HKFP.
Two female passers-by fell down and suffered scrapes, but were not directly hit. Both declined to go to hospital, police added.
A minibus smashed into a 7-Eleven convenience store in Kennedy Town on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Photo: Johnny Wan/HKFP.
The minibus driver, in his 60s, was taken into a police van. He also suffered minor scrapes and refused to go to hospital.
A minibus smashed into a 7-Eleven convenience store in Kennedy Town on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Photo: Johnny Wan/HKFP.
No one has been charged, according to the police.
A minibus smashed into a 7-Eleven convenience store in Kennedy Town on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Photo: Johnny Wan/HKFP.
The minibus caused part of a glass panel at the store to shatter, as bottled drinks scattered onto the pavement.
A minibus smashed into a 7-Eleven convenience store in Kennedy Town on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Photo: Johnny Wan/HKFP.
It was temporarily closed as staff cleared the debris.
A minibus smashed into a 7-Eleven convenience store in Kennedy Town on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Photo: Johnny Wan/HKFP.
Johnny Wan is a Hong Kong-based journalist. He previously worked as a news reporter at Eastweek, and intern at the SCMP. Johnny has a bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies and a master’s degree in Philosophy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as well as a master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong.
