{"id":2623,"date":"2023-04-22T12:42:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T04:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/group.scout.org.hk\/hkw\/?page_id=2623"},"modified":"2023-10-13T00:03:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:03:13","slug":"history-1924-04-06-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/group.scout.org.hk\/hkw\/history-1924-04-06-12\/","title":{"rendered":"[\u6b77\u53f2] BUSES COLLIDE. DRIVERS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u8cc7\u6599\uff1a1924\u5e745\u67088\u65e5\u300aThe Hong Kong Telegraph\u300b\u7b2c2\u9801<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BUSES COLLIDE.
DRIVERS CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

Arising out of a fatal collision between two motor buses in the New Territory on the 6th April, in which four people were killed, the drivers of the cars involved were charged with manslaughter before Mr. R.E.Lindsell at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred on a Sunday at a bridge at Nam Tai, Un Long, the buses, which belonged to the Chun Hing Motor Bus Company, being Nos. 1314 and 1204. The front corner on the right side of 1314 was torn away as a result of the impact, while the other bus was completely wrecked. Two of the passengers, one of them a Boy Scout, were killed outright, and two others died in hospital.
Mr. Wadeson appeared yesterday afternoon to watch the case in the interests of the Bus Company. The first accused (the driver of bus 1204) was defended by Mr. A.E.Hall.

Handy Man Takes Charge.
Evidence was given by a Chinese seaman, who was travelling to Ping Shan in bus 1314 on April 6th. He said the bus left the Star Ferry pier about 1.10 p.m., carrying about twenty people. The bus was going at the usual speed and passed Castle Peak without mishap. When they were at Nam Tai and were approaching a bridge, the collision occurred, his car crashing into the other bus, which had just come off the bridge from the opposite direction. The driver of his bus did not reduce speed before the collision. In this opinion his bus was going at a speed of about 32 miles an hour.
When asked how he estimated the speed, witness explained that the motor buses in Hongkong generally travelled between 18 and 20 miles an hour and bus 1314 was going twice as fast that day.
After describing the damage of both vehicles, the seaman said he was uninjured except for a cut at the ankle. He got out of the bus and blew a police whistle. He found that two drivers pulling the passengers out of the wreckage, and induced them to accompany him to the Ping Shan Police Station, where he made a report.
Regarding the speed estimate of the witness, the second accused pointed out that the approximate distance between the Star Ferry pier and Un Long was twenty six miles. The accident took place about 2.30 and therefore he could not have travelled as fast as the witness alleged.
In reply, witness said that the defendant drove slowly at Yaumati and, furthermore, the bus stopped outside the Company’s garage for water and petrol.

Brakes Out of Order.
Mr. J.Smith, acting Chief Engineer of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, stated that he arrived at the scene of the collision at 6.15 p.m. on the 6th and there examined the damaged buses. The body of bus 1204 was completely torn off the chassis. The left front wheel stop axle had been sheered through, but the back wheels were intact. The hand brake was broken and covered with dust, indicating that no attempt had been made to use it. The foot brake was entirely out of order and obviously had not been adjusted that day. This brake was connected with the back axle and had not been smashed up. When the pedal was pushed down, the effect would be nil. As regards bus 1314, Mr. Smith said the front axle had been dislodged from the springs on either side, while the right front wheel had been badly shattered. The hand brake was in good working order, and though not on, appeared to have been recently used, but the foot brake was in the same condition as that of the other bus.
In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. Smith said that judging by the nature of the damage both buses must have travelled at very high speeds. For a bus of the type of the damaged ones, the safe speed would be under twenty miles an hour, though he seen them doing the best part of 40 miles.
Cross-examined by the second defendant, Mr. Smith said he was satisfied that the foot brake had not been dislodged as a result of the collision.
After further evidence, the case was adjourned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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