Traffic accident kills 21 in HK ( 2003-07-11 06:27) (newsphoto)
Rescuers search for survivors after the a Hong
Kong double-decker bus packed with commuters crashed through an expressway
bridge barrier and plunged 35-meters July 10, 2003. The bus crashed into a
lorry on Tuen Mun Road before running off Ting Kau bridge near Tuen Mun
Village and plunged down a slope, killing 22 people and injuring 20.
[newsphoto.com.cn]
A double-decker bus is hoisted by cranes
from the site of a tragic traffic accident in Hong Kong's New Territories
on July 10, 2003. [newsphoto.com.cn]
HK Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa shows
sympathy to a nine-year-old girl injured in the
accident.