The Fire Service Bureau (CB) announced in a statement that it had received a report at around 2 p.m. yesterday about a traffic accident between a bus and a motorcycle near Hotel Ponte 16 on Rua do Visconde Paço de Arcos (巴素打爾古街), resulting in the biker being injured.
When arriving at the scene, fireman confirmed that the accident involved a public bus and a motorbike. The firemen rushed the injured biker to hospital with bruised limbs.
The Public Security Police (PSP) announced in a follow-up statement that according to the investigation, the incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. when the 18A route TCM bus, which was turning into Rua do Tarrafeiro (沙欄仔街) from Rua do Visconde Paço de Arcos, failed to give way.
An oncoming motorbike had to brake suddenly and its 29-year-old rider was trapped beneath the front of the bus, the statement said, adding that the rider was rescued by firemen.
Both rider and bus driver are local residents.
The Public Security Police said in the statement that the bus driver has been fined.
According to Macau’s Road Traffic Law Article 34, the driver who has the duty give way must slow down, stop if necessary, or, in the case of crossing vehicles, reverse, in order to allow the passage of another vehicle, without altering its speed or direction. Anyone who violates the provisions of the article faces a fine of 900 patacas, unless a more severe penalty is applicable under another legal provision.
This photo downloaded from social media platform Facebook last night shows the rider lying under the bus after yesterday afternoon’s crash near Hotel Ponte 16. The Post cannot vouch for its authenticity.
