The two light iron trains in Hong Kong collided on Friday (October 27), causing 24 people to be injured.
Comprehensive reports from Hong Kong 01 and Hong Kong reported that the Hong Kong police received an alarm at about 7 o'clock that night. A row of 761P light iron and the No. 751 light iron trains collided at Pitka Village Station, Tianshuiwei, causing 24 people to be injured.Three of them were severely injured.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Transportation and Logistics Bureau said that it was extremely concerned about the recent collision accident in light iron, attaching great importance to driving safety, urging MTR to start investigation and follow -up in real time to avoid similar incidents.
The spokesman also said that the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department has asked MTR to complete the incident report as soon as possible to further investigate.
MTR responded to the media inquiry that the 761P line light iron in the direction of Yuen Long drove around at the intersection of the intersection near the station of the pit Village.Light iron collided from behind.
The MTR said that there were 24 passengers on the light iron expressed discomfort, and 19 of them were sent to the hospital for treatment, and the other five left after the on -site governance.
The Hong Kong light iron has hit twice in one month, and three accidents have occurred in three months.Tuen Mun Wharf Terminal had two light iron collisions on July 22, and two light iron collided on October 4, Yuen Long Station.Tian Beichen, a member of the Real Political Round Table Legislative Council of Hong Kong, asked MTR to install sensors at all light iron as soon as possible.
Tian Beichen said that MTR once stated that it would be installed in all light iron installations, and the obstacles in front of them would stop automatically, while the drivers were monitored on the left and right sides.He hopes that MTR can explain when all light iron installation sensors can be installed, and the government also hopes that the government will set up the Railway Development Department as soon as possible to monitor MTR work to avoid similar accidents.
