A spokesman for the Public Security Police (PSP) confirmed to the Post yesterday evening that a semi-trailer lost control and crashed into a flower bed after its spare tyre became detached.
At around midday yesterday, PSP officers received a report of an accident on Estrada de Seac Pai Van (石排灣馬路) in Coloane.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers found the semi-trailer in the middle of a roadside flower bed, with several sections of iron railing damaged. The spokesman added that the driver passed a breathalyser test.
The driver was identified as a local resident in his forties.
Initial investigations revealed that the accident occurred at about noon. The semi-trailer reportedly lost control after the spare tyre came loose and the vehicle ran over it, forcing the vehicle into the flower bed.
Under Article 30, Paragraph 1 of Macau’s Road Traffic Law, drivers must regulate their speed according to the characteristics and condition of the road, the vehicle, the load, weather conditions, and traffic intensity. Drivers must be able to stop safely within the visible space ahead and avoid foreseeable obstacles. The driver has been fined 300 patacas.
Scooter crosses 2 lanes before crashing into bus
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Transmac confirmed to the Post yesterday evening that a scooter crossed two lanes before crashing into a bus at Praça de Ferreira do Amaral (亞馬喇前地) yesterday afternoon.
According to the spokeswoman, at 2:48 p.m., the bus was travelling normally when it was struck by a motorcycle crossing two lanes from the right. The front right side of the bus was damaged, though no passengers were injured.
A PSP spokesman further confirmed by phone that the rider is a local woman in her fifties who passed the breathalyser test. The rider was taken to Kiang Wu Hospital and fined for changing lanes carelessly, the spokesman said.
This image posted on Facebook early yesterday afternoon shows a spare tyre on the ground and a semi-trailer in the middle of a roadside flowerbed on Estrada de Seac Pai Van in Coloane. The Post cannot vouch for the authenticity of the image.
A scooter and a rider lie next to a Transmac bus at Praça de Ferreira do Amaral (亞馬喇前地) yesterday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Macao Daily News
