Court issues arrest warrant for driver in fatal Kowloon City minibus crash

A Hong Kong court has issued an arrest warrant for a 48-year-old minibus driver who failed to appear for his hearing over a fatal crash outside Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts that resulted in one death and another injury. 

The driver is charged with one count of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of causing serious bodily injury by dangerous driving.

The charges stem from a June 28 incident in which the driver allegedly lost control of a red minibus on Argyle Street outside the courthouse. The vehicle crashed through guardrails and onto the sidewalk.

The collision killed a male pedestrian and left another man injured. 

At the case’s first hearing at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday morning, Acting Principal Magistrate Cheng Lim-chi issued the warrant after the defendant failed to appear in court.

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