2 sampans collide off Tai Po while night fishing for cuttlefish, 3 injured

Two sampans, each carrying three people, collided off the coast of Tai Po on Thursday night while night fishing for cuttlefish, leaving three people with minor injuries, police said.

The incident occurred around 9pm. Two people were said to have fallen into the water but quickly returned to their vessels. The sampans remained seaworthy and were sailed back to a shipyard on Yu On Street in Sam Mun Tsai, where police and paramedics met them.

Three people were taken to hospital by ambulance after being checked at the scene. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.

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