Dashcam captures man darting into traffic and hitting car in Tai Po, walking away unhurt

Dashcam video from Tai Po’s On Po Road captured a man sprinting from under a footbridge into traffic, colliding sideways with a moving private car, then walking away apparently uninjured.

A poster uploaded the footage on Facebook on March 19 with the caption, “March 19, Tai Po On Po Road… hoping this helps, brother.”

The video showed that a well-dressed man with glasses recklessly sprinted across the road instead of using the nearby footbridge. 

After clearing one lane, he suddenly sped up and slammed into the side of a private car in the opposite lane.

While “car hitting pedestrian” incidents are common, this case—in which a pedestrian ran into a car—is unusual, and his survival without serious injury is notable.

After the man hit the car, the letters he was holding scattered across the road. The force caused him to spin twice along the car’s side—like a figure skater—before he slumped to the ground at the rear. 

Fortunately, the dark-colored private car following behind stopped in time to avoid further harm. 

Toward the end of the footage, the man sat briefly on the road, then stood up and walked back toward the vehicle, seemingly unharmed.

Netizens speculated he might have staged the incident to claim compensation, while others called the act extremely reckless or even a form of “suicide attack.” 

Many criticized his decision to bypass the footbridge and questioned his dangerous road-crossing choice.