[歷史] MOTOR BUS DEATHS. DRIVERS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

資料:1924年4月9日《The China Mail》第5頁


MOTOR BUS DEATHS.
DRIVERS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

Charges of manslaughter have been preferred against the two motor-bus drivers who are alleged to have driven the buses which collided at the bridge in the Ping Shan district on Sunday afternoon when a boy-scout and others were killed. They appeared before Mr. R.E.Lindsell and were remanded.
Two other bus drivers who are accused of having been on bus No. 1,206 when it ran off the road and turned over at Tsun Wan on Sunday morning also appeared before the Magistrate. They were both charged with failing to report an accident. One had an additional charge of making away with $2.10 of his employers’ money and the other was accused of driving the bus without the owners’ permission.
The charges are being taken together and the case was remanded till Friday, bail being allowed in the sum of $500 each.


翻譯:

巴士致死事件
司機被控誤殺

關於星期日下午於屏山地區橋面發生的巴士對撞導致一名童子軍及其他人士身亡事件,兩名巴士司機現被指控誤殺。案件由連些路先生(Mr. R.E.Lindsell)主審,兩名被告繼續還押。
另外在星期日早上於荃灣(Tsun Wan)發生的1206號巴士翻側事件,兩名巴士司機亦需上庭,他們均被指控遇事不報,一名巴士司機被追加指控於巴士偷取2.1港元,另一名巴士司機亦被加控未經授權駕駛巴士。
以上控罪將同時審理,被告還押至星期五,並獲准以500港元保釋。