2 hurt near Hong Kong public hospital construction site after water pipe bursts, road floods
- Footage online showed people stranded on cement block outside Kwun Tong site as water gushed from ground during amber rainstorm warning
The Transport Department said part of the Shun Lee Estate-bound lanes of Sau Mau Ping Road and the slow lane of Hip Wo Street in the direction of Kwun Tong Road remained closed to traffic as of 9pm.
Police received reports at around 9am that a water pipe had burst with about 10 people trapped near Hip Wo Street and Hong Ning Road, near a construction site at United Christian Hospital.
“Later on, two women slipped on the ground and were injured,” a spokesman said, adding that the pair, aged 26 and 59, were taken to the nearby hospital for treatment.
Online photos and footage showed water gushing out from the ground and flooding the road as rain poured down.
Nine people could be seen standing on a cement block outside the construction site to stay out of the water.
A photo also showed small-scale road subsidence near the site. Some plastic barricades were seen sliding along the road in another video.
