A 10-year-old local boy died last night after being hit by a car on a zebra crossing in the Toi San district, authorities announced.
The police said that they have preliminarily concluded that the accident was caused by the car driver’s failure to give way to the boy on the zebra crossing.
The accident occurred on the easternmost section of Avenida do Conselheiro Borja (青洲大馬路), when the boy was walking across the zebra crossing outside a Public Security Police (PSP) station situated next to the site where the now defunct greyhound racetrack (Yat Yuen Canidrome) is located.
The seven-seater struck the boy, knocking him down and running him over.
The eastern section of the avenue serves as a dividing line between Toi San and Fai Chi Kei districts, with the Toi San residential neighbourhood in the north side and the former Yat Yuen Canidrome in Fai Chi Kei in the south.
According to a PSP statement last night, the police received a report at 8:18 p.m. yesterday about the accident. The boy was rushed to the private Kiang Wu Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:42 p.m. after emergency treatment to save his life had failed.
The Fire Services Bureau (CB) said last night that upon arrival at the scene, paramedics were unable to detect the boy’s heartbeat while he was not breathing.
The PSP statement said that the car driver, a local man surnamed Chao who is in his forties, passed a breathalyser test.
The statement said that after gathering evidence while assessing the citywide CCTV camera system and the footage of the car’s dashboard camera, the police have preliminarily concluded that the fatal accident was caused by the car driver’s failure to give way to the boy on the zebra crossing.
The police are asking witnesses to the accident to call its Traffic Department on 2837 4214.
A traffic police officer and two firefighters work next to the seven-seater which struck a boy on a zebra crossing on Avenida do Conselheiro Borja last night. – Photo courtesy of TDM
