Close call as tree branch hits Hong Kong double-decker bus, smashing window
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A tree branch struck a KMB double-decker bus on route 277E in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong, shattering an upper deck window. The incident occurred at about 8am on Monday on Ching Hiu Road outside the Glorious Peak development. No injuries were reported. The event underscores potential safety risks from overhanging trees along bus routes.
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No injuries reported
No injuries were reported.
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Images circulating online showed a large hole where a side window had shattered.
Opinion- No injuries reported
- Bus was carrying passengers
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Loaded language removedPassengers on a Hong Kong bus were not injured after a tree branch struck the upper deck, breaking a side window. Police said they received a report at about 8am on Monday that a KMB route 277E bus hit an overhanging tree while travelling in the left lane of Ching Hiu Road in Sheung Shui, outside the Glorious Peak residential development. No injuries were reported.
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Images circulating online showed a large hole where a side window had shattered.
OpinionA tree branch struck the upper deck of a Hong Kong double-decker bus, shattering a side window.
South China Morning PostThe incident occurred at about 8am on Monday.
South China Morning PostThe bus was a KMB route 277E bus.
South China Morning PostThe bus was travelling in the left lane of Ching Hiu Road in Sheung Shui, outside the Glorious Peak residential development.
South China Morning PostNo injuries were reported.
South China Morning Post