A casino staff shuttle bus crashed into the back of another casino staff shuttle bus on the Macau-Taipa Friendship Bridge on Saturday night, slightly injuring 30 passengers on the two vehicles, the authorities said on Saturday night.
According to statements by the Fire Services Bureau (CB) and the Public Security Police (PSP) on Saturday night, the crash occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday when the two casino staff shuttle buses were travelling on the bridge from Taipa to the peninsula.
According to the PSP statement, one of the two casino staff shuttle buses changed lanes when its driver saw that a public bus ahead had broken down. When he was changing lanes, the shuttle bus was rear-ended by the other shuttle bus.
The police said that both drivers, local men aged 60 and 40 passed a breathalyser test. Neither of them was injured.
According to the CB statement, the 30 injured passengers comprised nine males and 21 females. The 30 injured, aged between 23 and 63, comprised 22 local residents and eight non-resident workers (NRWs), eight of whom were taken to the private Kiang Wu Hospital, while the remainder were taken to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre.
The 30 passengers sustained slight abrasions or contusions, the statement said.
Local Chinese-language media photos of the collision published over the weekend showed that one of the buses belonged to integrated resort operator Melco, and the other to SJM.
These photos show the two casino staff shuttle buses which collided on Friendship Bridge on Saturday night. – Photos courtesy of TDM
