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South China Morning Post
29-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Pedestrian, 60, dies after being hit by Hong Kong policeman's private car
A 60-year-old man has died after being knocked down by a private car driven by a Hong Kong policeman in Mong Kok, prompting an official investigation. Advertisement Police said the officer, 46, was travelling along Nathan Road towards Yau Ma Tei at 3.16am on Thursday when he hit the man, who was crossing the street near the junction of Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road West. The victim, a foreign man, became trapped under the car and was subsequently rescued. The victim was trapped under the car before he was rescued and rushed to hospital, where he died. Photo: Cable TV news He sustained multiple injuries and was rushed to Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, where he was pronounced dead at 4.34am. The Special Investigation Team of Traffic, Kowloon West, has launched an investigation into the incident. Police also said those who witnessed the accident could contact them at 36619062. The number of deaths rose by 44 per cent, with 23 people dying in the first quarter of this year. Advertisement Last year, the force recorded 18,355 traffic accidents involving injuries. Of these, 884 resulted in serious injuries or death – a record low, representing a 26 per cent drop from the 1,189 people badly hurt in 2023.
South China Morning Post
21-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Police to launch drone patrols in Hong Kong urban areas on Friday
Police will launch drone patrols in the force's Kowloon West region and Hong Kong's northern border area on Friday, with 700 officers and about 30 sets of unmanned aircraft ready to be deployed. Superintendent Tango Ko Chung-ying of the force's key points and search division said patrols would be rolled out under a pilot scheme for three months to evaluate operations. He added that the force aimed to conduct automatic drone patrols on The Peak and Cheung Chau by the end of this year at the earliest. 'In the long run, we hope to equip each police district with its own automatic drone patrol system to regularise drone use in policing,' Ko said. The move confirms an earlier Post report that the force will introduce anti-burglary drone patrols in urban areas, targeting older districts with tenement buildings that may require scaffolding for repairs. Drone patrols will be rolled out under a pilot scheme for three months, police say. Photo: Sun Yeung Chief Inspector Vincent Law Hoi-ming said that the drone patrol pilot scheme would mark a shift from the force's current operations-based approach, in which such aircraft had been used in ad hoc mountain rescue operations, evidence collection, training and aerial surveys for crowd control.
