Hong Kong taxi driver arrested after 3 die in horror road crash

Hong Kong taxi driver arrested after 3 die in horror road crash

[South China Morning Post] - 01/1/2025

Taxi cut across lane and hit car on West Kowloon Highway early on New Year’s Day, police say.



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