A man hijacked a bus and caused it to crash into another in Hong Kong’s North Point district on Friday (27 Feb).
Before taking over the driver’s seat, he also broke the rear right window on the upper deck of the vehicle.
The suspect was identified as a 28-year-old mainland Chinese man surnamed Miao, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.
According to the report, a 54-year-old Citybus driver surnamed Choi reported the incident to the police at 6.45pm.
This was after upperdeck passengers told him that a man had shattered a window using an emergency escape hammer.
Source: HK01
Mr Choi also immediately stopped the vehicle, removing its keys, and evacuated the passengers.
However, as he went to check the broken window, Miao climbed into the driver’s seat, fiddled with the bus doors, and released the handbrake.
This caused the bus to roll backwards and crash into another bus, according to HK01.
Source: HK01
Miao then jumped from the bus through a gap in the upper window pane. However, he did not attempt to escape, but slowly wandered on the roadside.
Source: HK01
Mr Choi followed and tried restrain him, but failed. At one point, Miao even harassed a passerby.
Police later arrested the suspect outside an HSBC branch on King’s Road.
According to SCMP, a source alleged that Miao incoherently spoke in Chinese and seemed dazed. Meanwhile, HK01 reported that Mr Choi said Miao appeared mentally unstable.
The suspect sustained a hand injury and reportedly had blood on his hands.
He was restrained, strapped onto a stretcher and conveyed to the hospital.
Source: HK01
Since he claimed to have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and had a struggle with the driver, the driver was also taken to a hospital for treatment.
Additionally, 46-year-old Kowloon Motor Bus driver surnamed Fu was also taken to a hospital for examination, HK01 reported.
Following an investigation, Miao faces four charges, namely criminal damage, taking a vehicle without permission, driving without a licence and driving without third-party insurance.
He is currently detained for further investigation, and the case has been handed over to the Eastern District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up.
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Featured image adapted from HK01.